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- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
MRS. JONES APPOINTED TO TAKE HUSBANDS PLACE
The vacancy created by the death of Circuit and Recorder, R.C. Jones, has been filled, by appointment of the Governor. The appointee is Mrs. R.C. Jones, widow of the deceased officer. A delegation of Democrats from here was in Jefferson City on Monday to visit the state executive. On Tuesday Mrs. Jones received the appointment and was sworn in office on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jones states that she will spend part of each day in the office learn the duties and will, to the best of her ability, learn the duties and perform them. The office has had, for long years, very capable assistance with Miss Clara Schwab as deputy, who will continue under Mrs. Jones.
(THE MOUNTAIN ECHO newspaper...Ironton, Iron County, Missouri ... January 22, 1948)
!OBITUARY
Funeral services for Avis Jones, age 81 of Ironton, MO were held Monday, May 16, at 11 a.m. from the First United Presbyterian Church of Ironton, with the Rev. Richard Neil officiating.
Interment was in the Mountain View Cemetery in Des Arc.
She passed away May 12 at the Arcadia Valley Hospital.
She was born August 27, 1906 in Des Arc, and was the daughter of the late Jerome B. Lewis and Zilla Seal. On May 26, 1925 she was united in marriage to Robert Coleman Jones, who preceded her in death on January 26, 1948.
She is survived by five children, Ruth McHenry of Ironton, Hilda Tims of Florissant, Mary Carol Harmon of Bensalem, Penn., James Jones of FallsChurch, VA, and Charles Stephen Jones of Ballwin; 2 daughters in law, Iola Jones and Kathern Jones; 4 brothers, Buford Lewis of Des Arc, Russell Lewis of Woodriver, Ill., Howard Lewis of Alton, Ill., and Carter Lewis of Platte City; 2 sisters, Inez Knight of Kansas City, NO and Vela Nichols of St. Louis; 12 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by 4 sons, Donald Lee, Ross Franklin, Robert L. and Jerry L. Jones; and 4 sisters, Alta Lindquist, Wanda Lovelace, Orpha Lewis and Hazel Lewis.
After her husband's death in 1948, she was appointed to fill the term of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds of Iron County, and held that position for over 25 years, retiring in 1974. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Ironton, and was active in many Civic Organizations. (Copy of newspaper article obtained from Mary Lu Wallace Politte in March 1991. The date 1988 was handwritten on the article.)
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