Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1994                   TAG: 9402230114
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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VA. FAMILY DESIGNATED BLACK FAMILY OF YEAR

Ida P. Jones, who lives in the community of Freeman in Brunswick County, and her family will receive the award Thursday during the eighth National Black Family Summit in North Charleston, S.C.

Among the community contributions for which Jones and her children were cited are two scholarship funds they established at St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville.

"We were of limited means, but we always believed in sharing and becoming involved in the community," said oldest daughter Ella Jones Richardson of Richmond. - Associated Press