Jones, Mrs. Annie 1860-1943

JONES, REAMES

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Plym Co. Coordinator (email)
Date: 7/1/2006 at 15:07:10

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, June 18, 1943, Page 1, Column 7:

Mother Of Rev. S. A. Jones Dies In Texas

Word was received of the death of Mrs. Annie Jones, 82, who died Wednesday evening in Abilene, Texas.

Mrs. Jones was the mother of Rev. S. A. Jones and made her home with him for two years. She left here in the summer of 1942 to live in Texas. She is survived by two daughters and two sons.

Rev. Jones left Tuesday morning to be with his mother, but arrived in Abilene after her death.
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LeMars Sentinel newspaper
Dated June 25, 1943

PASTOR ATTENDS LAST RITES AT STITH, TEXAS
Rev. S. A. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church, returned Tuesday from Merkel, Texas, where he was called by the death of his mother, Mrs. Annie Jones.

Mrs. Jones made her home here for two years and became well known to a number of LeMars people.

The funeral services were held June 18 at the Stith Baptist church.

Annie Rebecca Reames was born August 21, 1860, in Tallapoosa county, Alabama, and was married to Rev. J. L. Jones. He died in 1898 and with her family she settled near DeLeon, Comanche county, Texas. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, Rev. S. A. Jones, LeMars; Fletcher Jones, Stith; Mrs. M. B. Watson, of Tye; and Mrs. R. H. Carr, of Angleton; fifteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Obituary Notice — Published in “unknown” Baptist publication:

MRS. ANNIE R. JONES
Rev. S. A. Jones, of LeMars, Iowa, has the sympathy of the Baptists of the state in the death of his mother, which occurred recently in Texas.
Bro. Jones writes: My mother, Mrs. Annie R. Jones, of Merkel, Texas, passed away on June 16th, and was laid to rest in the beautiful Cedar Hill Cemetery, Abilene, Texas. Her husband, my father, was a Baptist minister in the state of Alabama, and passed away in 1898. She with her family of four children, moved to Texas in 1908, which has been her home until the time of her death. She was 82 years old. She had recently spent two years with me in LeMars. She leaves two sons and two daughters. …….