THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

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DATE: FRIDAY, June 24, 1994                    TAG: 9406240437 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: SUFFOLK 
DATELINE: 940624                                 LENGTH: Short 

JOHN E. JONES SR.

{LEAD} John E. Jones Sr., 82, of the 4500 block of Pughsville Road, died June 21, 1994.

Mr. Jones was born in Norfolk County. He had retired from Seaboard Railroad. He was the widower of Doretha Jones and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Pughsville.

{REST} Survivors include five daughters, Geraldine Barlow, Josephine Sumler, Margaret Wolfe, Janice DeLoatch and Peggy Rountree; a son, John E. Jones Jr.; two sisters, Ella Patillo and Marie Smith, both of Portsmouth; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in New Hope Baptist Church, Pughsville, by Dr. William E. Russell. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Family will be at 3400 St. Clair Drive, Chesapeake, residence of the daughter, Mrs. Margaret Wolfe.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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