29th Apr 19252,3,4,5,6,1 - 3rd Apr 20123,1
Life History
29th Apr 1925 |
Born in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.2,3,4,5,6,1 |
3rd Mar 1946 |
Married Nancy Lorene WILLIAMS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.4,7 |
12th Nov 1998 |
Death of Nancy Lorene WILLIAMS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.8 |
after 12th Nov 1998 |
Married Elda MCCLAIN |
3rd Apr 2012 |
Died in Talihina, Le Flore, Oklahoma.3,1 |
7th Apr 2012 |
Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.1 |
Notes
- 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 29 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 9A, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #155 Fam #156
Jones, W T Head Owns M W 55 First married at age 20 AR VA USA Farmer [b abt 1875]
Jones, Myrtle Wife F W 35 First married at age 25 AR AR AR Farm Laborer [b abt 1905]
Jones, Herman Son M W 4yrs 0mos AR AR AR
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6A, Belleview Rd, Hse #94, Owns $2000
Jones, Tom Head M W 65 Grade 4 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farmer
Jones, Myrtle Wife F W 45 Grade 6 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Housekeeper
- page 6B -
Jones, Herman M W 14 Single Grade 7 b Arkansas same house in 1935
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Herman Jones, Age 20 (b abt 1926)
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Lorene Williams, Age 21 (b abt 1919)
Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 3 Mar 1946 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 26 Feb 1946
The date of birth on Herman's gravestone is 1 April 1925. If the grave date of birth is correct, depending on how he was counting the enumeration date, the enumerator should have reported either that Herman was 4 years and 11 months old or 5 years and 0 months.
Gravestone of Herman and Nancy Lorene Jones
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Jones
Herman Apr 29, 1925 [no death date in June 2003]
Nancy Lorene
Oct 2, 1924 Nov 12, 1998
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U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Schools, Directories & Church Histories
Directories report residences for Herman in DeWitt (Arkansas Coutny, where he was born), Mena (near the Oklahoma border in the west), as well as Glenwood and Hope (also in western Arkansas).
Herman Jones
Birth 29 Apr 1925
Residence DeWitt, AR
Residence Mena, AR
Residence Glenwood, AR
Residence Hope, AR
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Herman Jones
April 29, 1925 - April 3, 2012
Herman Jones, age 86 of Mena died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Veterans Center in Talihina, Oklahoma. He was born on Wednesday, April 29, 1925 to Thomas Earl and Ida Myrtle Chrisswell Jones in Ethel, Arkansas.
Herman served our country in the Army during World War II. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and watching sports. His family was most important to him. He was a member of the American Legion, the DAV and was a member of Belview [sic] Missionary Baptist Church at Ethel, Arkansas.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Lorene Williams Jones, seven brothers, and four sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Elda Jones of the home; one son and daughter in law, Jimmy and Ann Jones of Brownsville, Texas; one daughter, Jawanda Cantu of Romance, Arkansas; one sister, Syvella Parker of Crockett’s Bluff, Arkansas; his mother in law, Helen McLain of Mena; three grandchildren, Brett Clement of Brownsville, Texas, Joshua Roberson of Searcy, Arkansas and Jalen Cantu of Romance, Arkansas; two great grandchildren, Bernadette Clement of Brownville, Texas, and Elijah Roberson of Searcy, Arkansas; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services will be held Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Belview Missionary Baptist Church in Ethel, Arkansas at 2:00 P.M. with Brother Charles Jackson and Brother Curtis Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Ethel, Arkansas under the direction of Bowser Family Funeral Home. A visitation will be held Friday, April 6, 2012 from 6- 8 P.M. at the Bowser Family Funeral Home Chapel.
Pallbearers are William Padgett, Ken Padgett, Monte McKewen, Billy West, James Nutt and Earl Jones.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, C/O JoAlla Nutt, 121 West 14 Street, Dewitt, Arkansas 72042.
Online Guestbook: www.bowserffh.com
-- http://www.hallfs.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=211#
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Social Security Death Index
Herman Jones
Born 29 Apr 1925
Died 3 Apr 2012
SSN issued Arkansas (1955)
Sources
- 1. Obituary of Herman Jones, Bowser Family Funeral Home, http://www.hallfs.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=211#
- 2. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6B, Belleview Rd, Hse #94, Owns $2000
- 3. Social Security Death Index
- 4. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 5. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 29 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 9A, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #155 Fam #156
- 6. Gravestone of Herman and Nancy Lorene Jones, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
- 7. Jimmy Jones, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 January 2009
- 8. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
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