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

DATE: Sunday, September 1, 1996             TAG: 9609010044
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   22 lines

FLORENCE W. JONES

Florence Belle Wood Jones, 89, of the 800 block of Orville Ave., died Aug. 31, 1996.

Born in Berkley, Va., Mrs. Jones was a member of Nazarene Church.

Survivors include her husband, Herman C. ``Deacon'' Jones; a daughter, Barbara Jones Edwards of Raleigh, N.C.; three sons, Herman Lee Jones of Chesapeake, Irving L. Jones of Richmond, Va., Bobby A. Jones of Corolla, N.C.; a sister, Gladys Wallace of Norfolk; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Kenneth Wallace. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in Graham Funeral Home and at the residence at all other times. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association of Virginia.

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