Extracted from The Butler Herald (Butler, GA)
Thursday, January 11, 1962

Mrs. Myrtle Jones Died Tuesday P.M. At Jacksonville, Fla.

Deceased Had Suffered from Heart Ailment for Past Two Year[s].

Mrs. Myrtle Jones, mother of Mr. Roy Jones of Reynolds, died in Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Jones had been in ill health approximately two years suffering from a heart condition.

Mrs. Jones was a widow of the late Mr. Bailey Pope Jones and although a Taylor countian, she had made her home in Jacksonville for the past 15 years.

Funeral will be conducted today (Thursday) at the Lucy Chapel, Goddard Funeral Home, Reynolds, at 11 a.m. Elder john Mangham will be the officiating minister, assisted by Rev. Virgil Culpepper. Interment will be in the Hill Crest Cemetery, Reynolds.

The deceased was a member of the Methodist church.

Pall bearers include Henry Hick, William Parker, Cliff Windham, Eric Newsom, Reginald James, James Gray, Ernest Childre, Jim Brewer and C. B. Hicks.

Survivors include two sons, Roy Jones, Reynolds, and Edwin Jones of Tampa, Fla.; one daughter, Miss Virginia Jones, Jacksonville, and one sister, Mrs. Eva Royal of Thomaston and a number of grand children.

Goddard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.