William David Jones (1912 - 1977)

Born 8 Nov 1912 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jan 1977 at age 64 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States

Biography

William David "Willie" Jones was born on Nov 08, 1912 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA as the sixth child of Robert Nathan Jones and Jennie Francies Thompson.^[1]

He had six siblings, namely: Louie Ellis, Ida Lee, Mellie Mary, Mamie, Bessie Elizabeth, and Robert Miley.

He died on Jan 04, 1977 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA (Jasper County Hospital; Age at Death: 64).

When he was 24, he married Carrie Jewel Pittman, daughter of John D. Tyner Pittman and Mattie E. Stockman, on May 01, 1937 in Jasper County, Mississippi, USA. ^[2] They divorced and she remarried to Myron M Bacigalupi.

William David "Willie" Jones lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1920.

He lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1930.

He lived in , Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1940.

Military Registration: Oct 16, 1940 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA (27 Age: 27)

He lived in , Jasper, Mississippi, USA in 1950. Race: (White)

He was buried in Bay Springs, Jasper County, Mississippi, USA (Bay Springs Cemetery).^[3]

William David "Willie" Jones and Carrie Jewel Pittman had the following children:

1. John William Jones was born on Mar 27, 1941 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 08, 1988 in Sacramento, California, USA (Age at Death: 47). ^{[4] [5]}
2. Ellen Diane Jones was born in xxx in Mississippi, USA.

Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, January 5, 1977, p. front & 8

Jasper Man Dies In Crash

A 64 year-old Bay Springs man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Jasper County Hospital Tuesday after an accident on Mississippi 15 South of Bay Springs.

According to the Mississippi Highway patrol, the driver of the vehicle William "Willy" Jones, was killed instantly when he ran off the road and hit a bridge abutment. He was the lone occupant.

Jones was the operator of the Amco Station on U. S. 15, South of Bay Springs.

Jones was a lifelong resident of Jasper County.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ellen Diane Mins, Sweetwater, Tenn.; one son, John William Jones, Ukiah, Calif.; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Parks, Newton; Mrs. Millie Bullock, Biloxi; Mrs. Mamie Jones, Bay Springs;, and two brothers, Louie Jones, Bay Springs; and Miley Jones, Mobile.

Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.rn., from the chapel of Harrison Funeral Home with the Revs. D. D. Satterwhite and T. Barton West officiating. Burial will be in Bay Springs Cemetery. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: William David Jones [William Jones] SSN: xxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 8 Nov 1912 Birth Place: Bay Springs, Mississippi Death Date: Jan 1977 Father: Robert N Jones Mother: Jennie F Thompson Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Dec 1936: Name listed as WILLIAM DAVID JONES; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as WILLIAM JONES
2. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TWP-MMZM : 19 August 2020), Carrie Jewel Pittman in entry for William David Jones, 1 May 1937; citing Marriage, Jasper, Mississippi, United States, 00135, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48168764/william-david-jones: accessed 06 September 2023), memorial page for William David Jones (8 Nov 1912–4 Jan 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48168764, citing Bay Springs Cemetery, Bay Springs, Jasper County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Marshall Parker (contributor 46498853).
4. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7C-59KW : 10 February 2023), Johnny William Jones, .
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29695856/john-william-jones: accessed 06 September 2023), memorial page for John William Jones (27 Mar 1941–8 Jun 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29695856, citing Westwood Hills Memorial Park, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA; Maintained by Deborah Huffman Jones (contributor 47048184).
6. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, January 5, 1977, pg. front & 8

• "United States Census, 1950", https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/47566625:62308
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGT-81C : Mon Jul 24 12:47:29 UTC 2023), Entry for William D Jones and Carrie J Jones, 1940.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1Q-RH7 : 8 December 2015), Willie Jones in entry for Robert Jones, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43Q-ZVB : 14 December 2015), Willie Jones in household of Robert N Jones, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,879.