Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Thomas A., 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS ANTLEY JONES SUFFOLK - Thomas Antley Jones, 76, a retired city employee, died Friday morning at the Obici Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He lived at 214 Holladay St. He was employed by the city for 25 years, retiring about 15 years ago. A member of the First Baptist church, he was the son of William Henry Jones and Mrs. Pattie March Jones of Nansemond. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Ethel Newsoms Jones; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Gillespie of Draper, N.C.; four sons, William S. Jones, John C. Jones and Clarence L. Jones, all of Suffolk, and J.T. Jones of Nansemond County; four sisters, Mrs. Stella Holland, Mrs. Thomas Davidson and Mrs. Crowder Davidson of Franklin and Mrs. E.C. French of Norfolk; four brothers, W.E. Jones, J.S. Jones, J.C. Jones and Paul C. Jones, all of Franklin; five half- sisters, Mrs. N.K. Sleeper of Tokoma Park, Md., Mrs. Al Korahaes of Norfolk, Mrs. Sam Theodorakis of Murfreesboro, N.C., Mrs. L.D. King of Orange City, Fla., and Mrs. N.M. Hawa of Franklin; one half-brother, Jim Jones of Franklin and 11 grandchildren. A funeral service was conducted Sunday in Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. J.C. Mitchell of First Baptist Church. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were R.D. Carter, Jack Mumford, Williard Branch, Tom Stevenson, Wilbur Powell, Marvin Williams, Sam A. Chilton and Frank Ellis. Thomas Antley JONES, of Suffolk, retired 25-year city employee, Nansemond Co. native, d. 19 Feb 1960, Suffolk, age 76, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block P, Lot 64), Suffolk, 21 Feb 1960, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 25, 1960, sect. 2, p. 4 Additional information: His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 5, 1987, p.7A) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j520m5ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j520t1ob.txt