Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, William M. Sr., 1951 

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Funeral Today For W.M. Jones, Sr. 

  FRANKLIN, April 14 - Funeral services lor William Mason Jones, Sr., 75, 
father of W. Mason Jones, Jr., of 901 Delaware Avenue, are to be held this 
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Holland Baptist Church with the pastor, the 
Rev. H.L. Foster, officiating.  Interment is to follow in the Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, Franklin. 

  Mr. Jones died Friday night at the Lakeview Hospital in Suffolk after a 
short illness. 

  He was the son of the late Willie H. and Lillian Lawrence Jones of Nansemond 
County. 

  Other survivors include another son, Lawrence F. Jones, of Franklin; a 
daughter, Mrs. Roy Morrison, of Morgantown, North Carolina; two brothers, 
A.W.D. Jones and Carey Jones, both of Norfolk: nine grandchildren; a number of 
nieces and nephews. 

  He was a member of the Holland Baptist Church and a well-known farmer of 
Nansemond County. 

  The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home in Franklin, where it 
is to remain until this afternoon at noon.  At this time it will be taken to 
the Holland Baptist Church to lie in state from 2:30 o'clock until the funeral 
hour. 

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WILLIAM MASON JONES 

  William Mason Jones, Sr., 74, a well-known farmer of Nansemond County, died 
in Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, on Friday night, April 13, after a brief 
illness. 

  He was the son of the late William Mason [sic; Harrison] and Lillian 
Lawrence Jones of Nansemond County. 

  Surviving him are two sons, William Jones, Jr., of Suffolk and Lawrence F. 
Jones of Franklin; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Morrison of Morganton, N.C.; two 
brothers, A.W.D. Jones and Carey Jones of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services for Mr. Jones were conducted from the Holland Baptist 
Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Henry L. Foster, 
assisted by Rev. Duane N. Vore of Suffolk.  Interment was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, Franklin, the active pallbearers being Alton Cobb, C.W. Howell, Jr., 
Jack Jones, James E. Jones, Wayland F. Jones, Charles Rawls, James E. Rawls 
and J.L. Williams. 


William Mason JONES, Sr., farmer, 
b. 17 Nov 1876, Nansemond Co., d. 19 Apr 1951, Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 223*), Franklin, 
   21 Jan 1949, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 89, Sun., Apr. 15, 1951, p. 6; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 26, No. 26, Fri., Apr. 20, 1951, p. 13 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Anonymous - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93048850. 

D.Cert. 8533 (Suffolk #140) 

His wife's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Jan. 1949) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520i1ob.txt 

His parents are buried in South Quay Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   South Quay list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/squay.txt 


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