Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, William H., 1941 

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WILLIAM HENRY JONES

   William Henry Jones, 83*, a retired farmer and well-known resident of 
Franklin, died at his home on Walnut Street on Thursday of last week following 
an illness of several months.  He was a native of Nansemond County but had 
been living in Franklin for 25 years.  He was a member of Holy Neck Christian 
Church.

   Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Fannie Boyette Jones; nine daughters, Mrs. 
Stella Holland, Mrs. Marcia Davidson, Mrs. Sadie Davidson and Mrs. N.M. Hawa 
of Franklin; Mrs. M. Theodorakis of Murfreesboro, N.C., Mrs. E.C. French and 
Mrs. Al Korehaus of Norfolk, Mrs. R.H. Waggoner of Washington and Mrs. L.D. 
King of Suffolk; two step-daughters, Mrs. J.C. Jones of Franklin and Mrs. G.B. 
Teabout of Norfolk; six sons, Tom and James Jones of Suffolk, Willie E. Jones, 
Johnnie I. Jones, Joseph C. Jones and Paul C. Jones of Franklin and a stepson, 
R.E. Coggsdale of Franklin.  Twenty-eight grandchildren and 10 great-
grandchildren also survive.

  Funeral services were conducted at the Holland Funeral Home here last Friday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


William Henry JONES, retired farmer, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 2 Jan 1941, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 93/113*), Franklin, 
   3 Jan 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 10, 1941, p. 5 

*Cemetery list gives b. 1859, so d. age circa 81. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Second marriage record gives age 23, 9 Aug 1903.  The record is appended to 
   his widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 3, 1953), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520f3ob.txt 


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