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Mrs Melissa J. <I>Huckaby</I> Jones

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Mrs Melissa J. Huckaby Jones

Birth
Barren County, Kentucky, USA
Death
4 Dec 1917 (aged 59)
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
5th Addition Block 2 Row 4 Grave 14
Memorial ID
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Pictured at right with first husband,
Andrew Joshua Holloway

Joplin News Herald newspaper
Joplin, MO
December 6, 1917

DEATHS AND BURIALS

JONES-Funeral services for Mrs. W. Lulu Jones, 2004 West Fifth street, who died of pneumonia fever at St. John's Hospital yesterday afternoon, will be conducted at the parlors of the Hurlbut Undertaking Company at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Burial will be made in Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Jones was taken to the hospital three days ago. She was 45 years old. Two sons and two daughters survive.

Note:
The death certificate for Mrs. Jones was located indexed under the name of Mrs. W. Lulu Jones.
It indicated that she died from typhoid fever that was contributed to by lobar pneumonia. There is a discrepancy between the age given in the newspaper article and her death certificate. Newspaper reported it as 45 y/o and the death certificate gave it as 59 (the dates agree with 59)
Also, her brother in law, J. R. Lowe was the informant and Her father was William Huckaby.
(Information courtesy of Jenna Snyder)

The death certificate can be viewed at Missouri Digital Archives/death certificates online website.
Age 59
Mrs. W. Lulu Jones
Pictured at right with first husband,
Andrew Joshua Holloway

Joplin News Herald newspaper
Joplin, MO
December 6, 1917

DEATHS AND BURIALS

JONES-Funeral services for Mrs. W. Lulu Jones, 2004 West Fifth street, who died of pneumonia fever at St. John's Hospital yesterday afternoon, will be conducted at the parlors of the Hurlbut Undertaking Company at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Burial will be made in Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Jones was taken to the hospital three days ago. She was 45 years old. Two sons and two daughters survive.

Note:
The death certificate for Mrs. Jones was located indexed under the name of Mrs. W. Lulu Jones.
It indicated that she died from typhoid fever that was contributed to by lobar pneumonia. There is a discrepancy between the age given in the newspaper article and her death certificate. Newspaper reported it as 45 y/o and the death certificate gave it as 59 (the dates agree with 59)
Also, her brother in law, J. R. Lowe was the informant and Her father was William Huckaby.
(Information courtesy of Jenna Snyder)

The death certificate can be viewed at Missouri Digital Archives/death certificates online website.
Age 59
Mrs. W. Lulu Jones


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  • Maintained by: RT
  • Originally Created by: Jody
  • Added: Aug 8, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9289394/melissa_j-jones: accessed ), memorial page for Mrs Melissa J. Huckaby Jones (27 Aug 1858–4 Dec 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9289394, citing Fairview Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by RT (contributor 47163156).