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Tyler Funerals
Graveside services for H R Jones, 82, Tyler, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. Scott Wiley officiating under direction of Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler.
Mr. Jones died Oct. 8 in a Tyler hospital.
He was born June 25, 1916, in Victoria, Va., and lived in Tyler for the last 53 years. He served as a captain in the Army during World War II receiving the Silver H.B. Star for action with the 99th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from auto sales and was a member of First Baptist Church, Tyler.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, William Wood Jones.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Florence Wood Jones, Tyler; sons, Henry "Butch" Jones Jr., Tyler, and James W. Jones, Dallas; daughter Florence "Sissy" Crysup, Rusk; brother, Luthur A. Jones, Freeman, Va.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
If desired, memorials may be made to charity of choice.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Tyler, Texas
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Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015
Name: Henry Bernard Jones
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1916
Birth Place: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Certificate Number: 1916025446
Father: Henry Epps Jones
Mother: Lizzie Abbitt
09 Oct 1998, Fri • Page 16
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Tyler Funerals
Graveside services for H R Jones, 82, Tyler, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. Scott Wiley officiating under direction of Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler.
Mr. Jones died Oct. 8 in a Tyler hospital.
He was born June 25, 1916, in Victoria, Va., and lived in Tyler for the last 53 years. He served as a captain in the Army during World War II receiving the Silver H.B. Star for action with the 99th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from auto sales and was a member of First Baptist Church, Tyler.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, William Wood Jones.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Florence Wood Jones, Tyler; sons, Henry "Butch" Jones Jr., Tyler, and James W. Jones, Dallas; daughter Florence "Sissy" Crysup, Rusk; brother, Luthur A. Jones, Freeman, Va.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
If desired, memorials may be made to charity of choice.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Tyler, Texas
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Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015
Name: Henry Bernard Jones
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1916
Birth Place: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Certificate Number: 1916025446
Father: Henry Epps Jones
Mother: Lizzie Abbitt
09 Oct 1998, Fri • Page 16
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