Helen Shirley <I>Byers</I> Jones

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Helen Shirley Byers Jones

Birth
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Apr 1990 (aged 98)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Only child of Richard Byers and Alvena Amelia "Winnie" (Borchelt).

Wife of Vernie Allen (V.A.) Jones. Mother to 3 sons: R. Earl, Herschel, Wayne; and one daughter, Shirley.

A graduate of Eastern Illinois University in 1911, a teacher for many years in a one-room school in Jasper County, IL, and an active member of many women's organizations and Eastern Star. After V.A.'s death, she moved to Columbus, Georgia and went on many travels and cruises. She moved back to Illinois many years later and spent the last several years of her life there. She was a kind, quiet, unassuming and gentle woman.
Only child of Richard Byers and Alvena Amelia "Winnie" (Borchelt).

Wife of Vernie Allen (V.A.) Jones. Mother to 3 sons: R. Earl, Herschel, Wayne; and one daughter, Shirley.

A graduate of Eastern Illinois University in 1911, a teacher for many years in a one-room school in Jasper County, IL, and an active member of many women's organizations and Eastern Star. After V.A.'s death, she moved to Columbus, Georgia and went on many travels and cruises. She moved back to Illinois many years later and spent the last several years of her life there. She was a kind, quiet, unassuming and gentle woman.


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