Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)], Virginia Marie Grissom, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], Tom Grissom Jr. and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Funeral services were held here Nov. 1 for Mrs. Cleo Jones Grissom, 68, of Gary, who died Oct. 30 following a brief illness.
She is survived by her husband, T. A. Grissom Sr.; by a son, T. A. Grissom Jr. of Athens; by three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy G. Kilgore of Carthage; Miss Virginia M. Grissom of Longview and Miss Coleen Grissom of San Antonio; by three brothers, Roy Jones of Oxacaco, Mexico, J. M. Jones of Slaughter, La., and Bobby Jones of Mexico; by seven sisters, Mrs. Loma Burks of Austin, Mrs. LaRue Skarbovik of Houston, Mrs. Cecilla Bailey of Jasper, Mrs. Maxine Struthers of Santa Ana, Calif. and Mrs. J. W. Copeland of Mount Pleasant; and seven grandchildren.
She was a member of Eastern Star.
Services were held in Hawthorn Funeral Chapel, Rev. Robert Walker and Rev. Bob Ross officiating. Interment was in Restland Cemetery.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC99-5TZ : accessed 2 January 2016), Cleo Jones in household of O D Jones, Denton Ward 4, Denton, Texas, United States; citing sheet 28A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,796.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43P-GWL : accessed 2 January 2016), Cleo Grissom in household of Tom A Grissom, Mount Pleasant, Justice Precinct 1, Titus, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 225-1, sheet 13B, family 294, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4146.
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F61Q-BL7 : accessed 2 January 2016), Tom Grissam and Cleo Jones, 15 Jun 1924, Marriage; citing Navarro, Texas, United States, Citing county clerk offices, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,517,172.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3F4-PRL : accessed 2 January 2016), Cleo Jones Grissom, 30 Oct 1971; citing certificate number 90914, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,502.
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