Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Wednesday, April 9, 1975

Jesse L. Emmons

NEWTON -- Jessie Lee Emmons, 70, of Rt. 1, Newton, died Friday in the office of a local physician, after a lengthy period of ill health. Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday, Webb Funeral Home chapel. Interment: Masonic Cemetery.

Survivors: one son, William F. Emmons of Newton; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Hathorn of Louisville and Mrs. Gene May of Hattiesburg; four grandchildren; one brother, Ellis Merle Emmons of Newton; a sister, Mrs. Marion Weaver of Lake. His wife, Mrs. Lottie Holladay Emmons, predeceased him.

He was a retired plumber and a deacon at First Baptist Church.