Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
JONES, REGINALD R. SR.
Died Sunday, Aug. 10, 1975, at 2:40 p.m. at Doctors Memorial Hospital. He was 70, a native of Winnfield, a resident of 6322 Peggy St. and a retired partner of the Hickman Jones Insurance Co.
Body at Welsh Funeral Home after 8 a.m. Tuesday. Religious services at the funeral home at 4 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Roy Stockstill. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park.
Survived by wife, Mrs. Novyse Shaw Jones, Baton Rouge; daughter, Miss Sally Beth Jones, Baton Rouge; son, Reginald R. Jones Jr., San Francisco, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Gregg and Mrs. A. F. Sasser, both of San Antonio, Tex.; and four grandchildren.
He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, for many years affiliated with the Gideons International and a member of the Full Gospels Businessmen's Fellowship International.
Pallbearers will be members of the above groups.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made for Gideons Memorial Bibles.
Tuesday, August 12, 1975