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- CIRCUIT CLERK, R.C, JONES DIES;
FUNERAL SERVICE SUNDAY
After an illness of about a year, Circuit Clerk and Recorder, R.C. (Bob) Jones passed away at the St. Mary's Hospital last Friday. He was a son of Mrs. Margaret Jones of Brunot and the late Solomon Jones. He was 43 years old.
He was a member of the Christian Church at Brunot, having been converted at the age of sixteen. He was married to Miss Avis Lewis in 1925 and to this union nine children were born, two of whom preceded him in death while but infants.
Mr. Jones taught in the public schools in southeast Missouri for a number of years and was elected Circuit Clerk and Recorded in 1934, holding the office since that time. He was a member of the Selective Service Board during the war and has been a memberof the State Democratic Committee for the past two years.
He is survived by his wife, four sons, Robert L., Jerry L., James David, Charles Steven, and three daughters, Ruth Margaret, Hilda Jane and Mary Carrol, all of them home. Surviving also is his aged mother at Brunot, a sister, Mrs. Cora Russell of Brunot,and six brothers, Dr. C.N. Jones, Piedmont; Dr E.X. Jones and Ray X. Jones of Lilbourn; Dr. N.M. Jones, Caspbell; Thos. D. Jones, Brunot; and F.I. Jones, Sikeston. There are also many other relatives and friends who mourn his passing.
Services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Ironton High School Auditorium with Dr. Walker of the Presbyterian Orphanage at Farmington in charge. Burial was at Des Arc where his two children are interred, White and Sons service.
(THE MOUNTAIN ECHO newspaper...Ironton, Iron County, Missouri...Jan. 22, 1948)
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DES ARC HARKENIGS
A large crowd attended the funeral of R.C. Jones last Sunday at Ironton at 1 p.m. Burial was in the Des Arc Cemetery where two of their children are buried. Mrs. Jones was born and reared near Des Arc and has many friends who sympathize deeply with her and the children in the loss of their husband and father. The relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. Ben Knight of Kansas City, Kiss Alta Lewis of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Buford Lewis and wife of St. Louis, Howard Lewis of Alton, Ill., Edgar Lovelace and wife of Festus, Ross Nichols and wife of Belleview. Many friends from nearby towns were here. We have not space to mention all.
(THE MOUNTAIN ECHO newspaper...Ironton, Iron County, Missouri...Jan. 22, 1948)
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Robert Coleman Jones was the son of Margaret (Stevenson) and Solomon F. Jones. Robert is buried in the Mt. View Cemetery at Des Arc, Missouri.
Research notes courtesy of Linda E. Lewis, George Lewis Descendants, published October 1992.
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