The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, July 2, 1996                 TAG: 9607020219
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   25 lines

MORTIE B. JONES

Mortie B. Jones, 83, of 110 Suburban Parkway, died July 1, 1996, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Jones was born in Fairmont, N.C., and was the widow of Harold Jones. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Norfolk for 39 years. She was a member of Faith Bible Class and Joy Club.

Survivors include two daughters, Doris J. Moore and Susan J. Ellis and her husband, Jake, all of Virginia Beach; two sons, Edward P. Jones and his wife, Wanda, and Donald H. Jones, all of Norfolk; two sisters, Viola Allen of Fairmont, N.C., and Tessie Clewis of Lumberton, N.C.; four granddaughters, Constance Keyes, Michelle Ellis, Tiffany Jones and Crystal Jones; four grandsons, Michael Moore, Steven Moore, Keith Jones and Jimmy Ellis; and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son, Buck R. Jones, and is survived by her daughter-in-law, Carolyn Jones of Harrisonburg, Va.

The funeral will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Mike James in First Baptist Church of Norfolk. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, is in charge. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

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