Haskell Flowers Jones (1900 - 1954)

Born 17 Nov 1900 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States

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Died 1 Apr 1954 at age 53 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Haskell Flowers Jones was born on Nov 17, 1900 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA ^[1] as the eighth child of Jessie Monroe Jones and Carrie Celliar Lamb.

He had seven siblings, namely: Everett Lee, Cordia Mae, Mary, Tina, Lula, Julia Maria, and Vida.

He died on Apr 01, 1954 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Erlanger Hospital; Age at Death: 53). ^{[2] [3]}

When he was 27, he married Ida F. Dennis, daughter of William R. Dennis and Ada R McCormick, about 1927 (based upon 1930 census).

Haskell F. Jones lived in Beat 3, Jasper, Mississippi in 1910.

He lived in Macon, Bibb, Georgia in 1930.

He lived in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA in 1935. He lived in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)

He was buried in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Greenwood Cemetery, Crestlawn Lot 4 Grave 2). ^[4]

Haskell Flowers Jones and Ida F. Dennis had the following child:

1. Mary Ida Jones was born on Sep 26, 1928 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 04, 2015 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Age at Death: 87). She married Charles Lee Woy on May 22, 1953 (from obituary). ^[5]

Obituary

Haskell F. Jones, the president of the Arrow Transfer Co., died yesterday morning in a local hospital. Mr. Jones lived at 28 S. Germantown Rd., Brainerd.

Mr. Jones was a member of the Brainerd Church. He was for some time with Tennessee Electric Power Co. and later Sears, Roebuck & Co. before going with Arrow.

Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida D. Jones; daughter Mrs. Charles L. Woy [Mary Ida Jones], Chattanooga; brother Everette Jones, Macon, Miss; five sisters; Mrs. Roy Grimsley, Mrs. Julia Ferry, Mrs. Vida Stutz, Knoxville; Mrs. Mary Cloud, Laurel, Miss.; Mrs. Lula Manley, Richmond, Va.

Funeral services will be held Saturaday at 1:30 p.m. at the Nathan Funeral home with Dr. John A Huff and the Rev. C.A. Dabney officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 157. Record for Haskell Flowers Jones. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2238&h=201553384&indiv=try. Name: Haskell Flowers Jones Race: White Age: 41 Birth Date: 17 Nov 1900 Birth Place: Bays Springs, Mississippi Residence Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942 Registration Place: Chatt, Tennessee Employer: Sears Roebuck & Co - Chattanooga Tenn Weight: 175 Complexion: Ruddy Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black Height: 6 Next of Kin: Ida Dennis Jones
2. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RN-FPX : Sun Dec 17 08:35:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Haskell Jones and Jessie M. Jones, 1 Apr 1954.
3. ↑ Obituary for HASKELL F. Jones
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Z-VY7Q : 13 December 2015), Haskell F. Jones, 1954; Burial, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 63246017, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63246017
5. ↑ Obituary Obituary for Mary Woy published online now removed
6. ↑ Obituary: JONES, HASKELL F. Chattanooga Times, APR. 2, 1954

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• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8L-B6N : accessed 28 December 2018), Hascal F Jones in household of Corrie C Jones, Beat 3, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 6B, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 744; FHL microfilm 1,374,757.
• United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:39J8-DN2 : accessed 28 December 2018), Haskell F Jones, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 10A, line 16, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 339; FHL microfilm 2,340,074.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HT-RMB : 14 March 2018), Haskell Jones, Ward 15, Chattanooga, Civil District 1, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-102, sheet 5B, line 68, family 84, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3954
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F91-BWZ4 : Wed Oct 04 20:27:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Haskell F Jones and Ida D Jones, April 10, 1950.