Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Margaret D. Hargroves, 1946 

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MARGARET HARGROVES JONES

MRS. ROSS JONES DIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON

   Mrs. Margaret Hargroves Jones, wife of L.R. Jones of Franklin, died at her 
home in North High Street yesterday afternoon after an illness of several 
weeks.  She was the daughter of the late Willis Webster and Mrs. Julia Tatem 
Hargroves of Nansemond County, born in "Hargroves’ Tavern" near Drivers, the 
old home of that family.  She was an active and useful member of High Street 
Methodist Church for many years and a charter member of the Franklin Music 
Study Club in which she was active until the recent failure of her health, and 
was also a charter member of the Franklin Book Club.

   Besides her husband, Mrs. Jones is survived by two sons, R. Ellsworth Jones 
of Franklin and L. Ross Jones, Jr., a sister, Mrs. Wade Brinkley of 
Portsmouth, and by several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held 
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from her late residence by Rev. E.W. Aaron, 
her pastor, with burial following in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Margaret D. (HARGROVES; Mrs. L. Rosier "Ross" {Sr.}) JONES, 
b. "Hargroves’ Tavern," near Drivers, d. 24 Oct 1946, at home, Franklin, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 63A*), Franklin, 
   7 Oct 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 25, 1946, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 30, 1954, Section 1, p. 7) is 
   posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520r3ob.txt 


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