Suffolk City-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jones, John W. Sr., 1989 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ John Walter Jones Sr. DISPUTANTA - John Walter Jones Sr., died Wednesday, May 10, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. Mr. Jones was a native of Ivor. He was retired from Bracey & Johnson and a member of Ivor Baptist Church. He is the son of the late Charles H. Jones and Ella Gray Jones and the widower of Susie Bell Luter Jones. Survivors include two daughters, Alma J. Parham of Virginia Beach and Jannie J. Byrum of Suffolk; one son, John W. Jones Jr. of Disputanta; eight grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. A graveside service was held Friday, May 12, at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem Christian Church in Suffolk. Dr. R. E. Brittle officiated. John Walter JONES, Sr., retired from Bracey & Johnson, b. 28 Apr 1905, Ivor, Southampton Co., d. 10 May 1989, Petersburg, interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 12 May 1989, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 70, No. 20, May 17, 1989, p. 5, col. 1-2 *Bethlehem list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt His parents are buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 15, 1960, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j520s8ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/j520j12o.txt