JONES - John Collett
Source: Covington Friend Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1975
John Collett Jones, a life resident of the Perrysville community, died 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., where he had been a patient three days. He had been in ill health for three years.
He was born Dec. 22, 1880, at Lodi, the son of Robert O. and Catherine Higgins Jones. In September 1905, he married Pearl Smith who preceded him in death Sept. 24, 1971.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Isabel Bowen, Anderson; Mrs. Grace Shutter, North Judson; Mrs. Florence Handt, Oak Forest, Ill.; one son, John Paul Jones, Perrysville; one brother, Thomas H. Jones, Cayuga; one sister, Mrs. Grace Sanders, Perrysville; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter and one sister.
A retired farmer, Mr. Jones was a member of the Perrysville United Methodist Church.
The funeral will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington with Rev. Henry Karg officiating. Burial will be at Hicks Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3:30 p.m. Thursday. – thanks to S