Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, William F., 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Rites Tomorrow For W. F. Jones Funeral services for William Floyd Jones will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian Church. Burial will be in the family cemetery in Nansemond County. Mr. Jones, 62, died early Monday at his home in Nansemond County after a long illness. He was a son of John Willie [sic; Wiley*] Jones and Mollie Lee Jones of Nansemond County. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Asbell Jones; three daughters, Mrs. Clem Jones, Mrs. Kellan Arnel and Mrs. Jessie E. Twine of Suffolk; six sons, J. Wiley Jones, Clarence Jones, Judson S. Jones, Willie F. Jones, James Henry Jones and Howard Duke Jones of Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Lassiter, Mrs. Lee of Nansemond County; three brothers, John Willie, William Jessie and Wiley Thomas Jones of Nansemond County, and 16 grandchildren. William Floyd JONES, carpenter, b. 7 Nov 1898, Nansemond Co., d. 19 Oct 1959, at home, Nansemond Co., interred in the JONES-LASSITER family cemetery*, 2268 Skeetertown Rd., 21 Oct 1959, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 248, Tues., Oct. 20, 1959, p. 3 *Additional information: Find a Grave Memorial #196122328 [no photo]; Cemetery ID #2678962. His parents are also buried there. D.Cert. 26222 (Cypress #285) also gives his father as John Willie. His brother did go by John Willie (1913 - 1975). He & his first wife Ruby are buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt Ruby's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 14 & 15, 1959) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j560r5ob.txt Ruby & William's widow Virginia were sisters. Their maiden name varies ASBELL/ASWELL. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j520w16o.txt