Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, William H., 1953 

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WILLIAM HENRY JONES

    William Henry Jones, 74, of 401 Chestnut Street, Franklin, a retired 
merchant, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning, October 11, 
after an illness of several months.

   Mr. Jones was a son of the late Andrew Jackson and Amanda Rogers Jones of 
Oxford, N.C.  A member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church, he 
served as a deacon for many years.  He was a member of Franklin Lodge No. 151, 
Knights of Pythias.

   Surviving him are a daughter, Mrs. W.B. Hastings, and one grandson, W. 
Bryant Hastings, Jr., both of Franklin; and one brothers, A.J. Jones of 
Tillery, N.C.

   Services for Mr. Jones were held from the Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church on Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with the pastor, Rev. Harvey L. 
Carnes and Rev. R.D. Stephenson officiating.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were Seith 
Atkinsson, J. Letcher Eley, T. Hayes Holland, C. Harry Jones, George H. 
Parker, Sr., G.E. Pillow, George O. Watkins, and Fletcher L. Whitley. 
Honorary pallbearers were deacons of the Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church and E.P. Jones, E. Owen Forbes, Richard H. Rawles, Sr., and other 
friends of the family.


William Henry JONES, of Franklin, retired merchant, 
Oxford, NC native, d. 11 Oct 1953, Franklin, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 178*), Franklin, 
   12 Oct 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 15, 1953 

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

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 10, 1948, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j520d2ob.txt 


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