Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Daisy Ballard, 1948 

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DAISY BALLARD JONES

   Funeral service for Mrs. Daisy Ballard Jones, 59, who died at the 
residence, 609 Chestnut Street, early Saturday morning, September 4, were 
conducted at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Congregation Christian 
Church by the pastor, Rev. Robert M. Kimball, assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Portsmouth, a former pastor of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  A quartette composed of Mrs. 
N.T. Barron, Mrs. T. Hayes Holland, Dr. Darden W. Jones and Ernest K. Brinkley 
sang "Asleep In Jesus" and "Saved By Grace," and Mrs. Vernon Holland of 
Holland sang "Sunrise Tomorrow."  The casket was covered with a blanket of red 
roses, lilies and fern.

   Mrs. Jones, who had been in ill health for five years preceding her death, 
was born near Walters on July 8, 1889.  She was the daughter of the late John 
M. and Annie Hall Ballard of Isle of Wight County and the granddaughter of the 
late Col. George F. Hall, also of Isle of Wight.  In 1911 she married William 
H. Jones of Franklin.  Joining the Franklin Christian Church 37 years ago, she 
had been a faithful member of the church, the Ladies’ Aid Society, and the 
Carrie Beale class of the Sunday School.

   Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. Bryan Hastings, 
of Franklin; a grandson, W. Bryant Hastings, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. F.M. 
Clements of Greensboro, N.C., Mrs. B.L. Gale of Richmond, and Mrs. W.T. 
Daughtrey and Mrs. Annie B. Rose, both of the Franklin community; two 
brothers, A.W. Ballard of Norfolk and John M. Ballard of Norfolk; and a number 
of nieces and nephews.

   The active pallbearers were Dr. Darden W. Jones, T. Hayes Holland, Samuel 
Bradshaw, L.B. Norfleet, J.B. Gay, Jr., Everett R. Bryant, J. Letcher Eley and 
R.E. Coggsdale.  Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.


Daisy (BALLARD; Mrs. William H.) JONES, 
b. 8 Jul 1889, near Walters, d. 4 Sep 1948, at home, Franklin, age 59, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 178*), Franklin, 
   5 Sep 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 10, 1948, p. 12 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 15, 1953) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520w8ob.txt 


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