Descendants of Abraham Parham Jones

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191. Carmen Jones

¹Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

²Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

³Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Jun 17 2004, Rush Springs Gazette, 220 W Blakely Ave, Rush Springs, OK 73082.
"Carmen "Botsey" Jones of Duncan died Saturday, june 12, 2004 in Duncan. Graveside services was held at 10 am Tuesday June 15 in the Rush Springs Cemetery with Leondard Keele officiating and under the direction of Don Grantharn Funeral home, Duncan.

Mrs Parker was born September 27, 1914 in Chickasha, the daughter of Joe and Ethel "Shockley" Jones. She and A.R. "Stub" Parker were married March 8, 1946 in Waurika, OK. he died August 6, 1987. She was a homemaker, She was a member of the Church of Christ.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Jones and Jack Jones and sisters, Lois Roberts, Corrine Tunnel, and Luzelle McClure. Surviviors include a brother Glen Jones of Rush Springs and sisterJean Morris of Marlow:."

⁴Duncan Banner, Rush Springs Ok, Jun 2004, Duncan Banner, PO Box 1268, Duncan OK 73534.
"Carmen “Botsey” Jones, 89 of Duncan died Saturday, June 2, 2004 in Duncan.
Graveside services was held at 10 am Tuesday June 15th in the Rush Springs Cemetery with Leonard Keel officiating and under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral home, Duncan.
Mrs. Parker was born September 27, 1914 in Chickasha the daughter of Joe and Ethel “Shockley” Jones.
She and A. R. “Stub” Parker were married March 8, 1946 in Waurika, OK. He died August 6, 1987.
Carmen was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Jones and Jack Jones and sisters Lois Roberts, Corrine Tunnell, and Luzelle McClure.
Survivors include a brother Glen Jones of Rush Springs; and sister Jean Morris of Marlow; four grandchildren, Brian Carlile of Pittsburg PA, John Carlile of Duncan, Rita Williams of Houston, TX and Teri and “Bill” Ashworth of Edmond; Three great grandchildren, Parker Ashworth, Michael Carlilie, and Austin Carlilie."

⁵Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 15321500, Aug 13 2006.
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Roy Lee Williams

¹ index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15939, Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995,, image 298 of 951.
Film Number: 001994523.

²Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

³Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 49083686, Mar 4 2010.
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Lester Earl Walling

¹Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 28575143, Jul 28 2008.
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Alvin Ray Parker

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192. Glen Gage Jones

¹Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Page 5, Aug 19 2004, Rush Springs Gazette, 220 W Blakely Ave, Rush Springs, OK 73082.

²Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, 415 W. Main Marlow, Oklahoma 73055 email: info@callawaysmithcobb.com
Phone: 580-658-5455, Feb 25 2007.
"Glen Gage Jones
Rush Springs: Glen Gage Jones, 88, Rush Springs, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2007 in Lawton. Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at the Vimy Ridge Baptist Church east of Rush Springs, with David Hale & Gary Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery, under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs. Glen was born Saturday, May 4, 1918 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, to Joe and Ethel Gage (Shockley) Jones. Glen lived most of his life in Rush Springs where he attended school. He joined the US Army and obtained the rank of M/SGT during WWII, where he was a construction machine operator. He supervised 125 men in construction and maintenance on roads and airports. He also supervised the oiling, greasing and cleaning of machines. He married Juanita Melrose Goodspeed on June 22, 1947 in Wilbarger County, TX. She preceded him in death on Dec. 19, 1981. On April 27, 1983 he married Dorothy Joan Lindsey Reeves in Wichita Falls, TX. Glen managed the Case Dealership for Ted Cline and operated the Sinclair Station, he worked with the heavy equipment in the oilfield for several years. Ranching was his main life long occupation. Glen was the County Commissioner around 1960 to the 1970's. Glen enjoyed hunting, fishing, horses, dominoes and gardening. He went to Alaska on a hunting trip and shot 6 bears. In 1968 Glen was awarded the Outstanding Citizen Award and in 2004 he received the Pioneer Award. Glen was a member of the Rush Springs Lion's Club, American Quarter Horse Association, V.F.W. and the Vimy Ridge Baptist Church. His survivors include, Wife, Dorothy Jones of the home; 2 Sons, Gary Jones of Wynnewood, OK,Dick Jones & wife Tina of Rush Springs, OK; 2 Grandchildren, Joe Allen Jones & wife Candace of Rush Springs, OK, Ashlea Jones of Rush Springs, OK; Great-Grandchild, Jace Jones of Rush Springs, OK; Sister, Jean Morris of Marlow, OK; Several Close Friends, too many to mention by name. He was preceded in death by his First Wife; Parents; Brothers, Paul and Jack; Sisters, Lois, Corine, Carman and Louselle. Pallbearers will be Duke Trimble, Chris White, Cody White, Darrin Horton, Kyle Jones, Jerome Jones. Honorary Pallbearers will be his dominoe buddies, Tony Day, Billy Evans, James C. Heilman, Arnold Davis, Jack Porter, Sr., Morris McAdoo, Joe Tunnell, Kenneth McAdoo, Gary Bray, Speck Woody, Leo Smith, Walt Reick, Gail McAdoo and Jeff McGuire."

³Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁴Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home.

⁵Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 18129324, Mar 2 2007.
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⁶Glenda Wade, Glenda McClure-Wade Phone Conversation(Robert J. Jones Family History), 26210 Portland Ave Blanchard OK 73010 gwpathfinder@aol.com.
Phone call on Thursday June 6th 2006.
"Glen (Bear Track) Jones was shipped overseas. He spent 48 days on the ship to get there. He was in Persia for 27 months and spent time in Iran, France, Germany, Belgium, Ital, and many other places. He spent nearly four years overseas with no leave time. He was discharged with honors in 1945. He was awarded the Gold Star for overseeing the buildin of 31 bridges in 30 days. He was in Company F, 334th Engineers. He was a U.S. Army Master Sergeant, Special Servies."

Juanita Melrose Parrish

¹Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Dec 24 1981, Rush Springs Gazette, 220 W Blakely Ave, Rush Springs, OK 73082.

²Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Vol 89, Dec 24 1981.

³Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
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⁴Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Dec 24 1981.
"Rush Springs Gazette
December 24, 1981

Services Were Held for Nita Jones

Funeral Services for Mrs. Nita M. Jones were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Southern Baptist Church in Rush Springs. Alvin McConnell, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lindsay, officiated. He was assisted by Raymond Murray of Rush Springs.

Mrs. Jones, 58, was born September 7, 1923 at Harper Kansas. She died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, December 19, in an Oklahoma City hospital following a short illness.

Mrs. Jones was married on June 7, 1946 in Vernon, Texas to Glen Jones. She had lived in Rush Springs since 1947. She was a member of the Southern Baptist Church and at the time of her death was an assistant cashier at the First National Bank in Rush Springs. She had been an employee for 16 years.

Survivors include her husband, Glen of the home; two sons, Gary of Sulphur, and Dick of Rush Springs; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Parrish of Mangum; one sister Aliene Savage of Mangum and three grandchildren.

Interment was in the Rush Springs Cemetery under direction of the Callaway-Smith Cobb Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Joe Tunnel, Jack Jones, Brad White, B.J. Crittendon and Kenneth Roberts, all of Rush Springs and V.H. Van Sickle of Lawton."

⁵Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁶Sandi Carter,Gene Phillips, and Margie Etter, Rush Springs Cemetery Grady County Oklahoma, Posted on Web site @ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/grady/cemeteries/rush.txt, North Public Block 1.
Lat: 34°47"10'N, Lon: 97°56"53'W North Chestnut St, Rush Springs, OK Special thanks to Maggie Wettengel & Tammy Sharp for providing a listing of a major part of this cemetery. Sandi Carter <redfox5@sbcglobal.net> Updated 1 Feb 2005.

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Dorothy Joan Lindsey

¹TX Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 , Ancestry.com.

This database is a collection of marriage indexes from the State of Texas, USA, covering the years 1814-1909 and 1966-2011. Information contained in these indexes usually includes: spouses' names, ages at time of marriage, estimated birth year, gender, marriage date, marriage location (county).

²Rush Springs Gazette, Rush Springs Gazette, Page 5, Aug 19 2004, Rush Springs Gazette, 220 W Blakely Ave, Rush Springs, OK 73082.

³Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, 415 W. Main Marlow, Oklahoma 73055 email: info@callawaysmithcobb.com
Phone: 580-658-5455.
"Dorothy "Dottie" Joan Jones, 93, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in Marlow.

Graveside services will be held at 8:30 am, Thursday, April 3, 2014 in the Rush Springs Cemetery with David Hale officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs.

Dottie was born Friday, September 10, 1920 in Rush Springs, to Elvin Leroy and Bessie Myrtle (Hooper) Lindsey. She lived in Rush Springs most of her life and attended Rush Springs schools. She lived a short time in Amarillo, Texas, where she met and married Waylon Lee Reeves on March 30, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1982. On April 27, 1983, she married Glen G. Jones in Wichita Falls, Texas. He preceded her in death in February 2007. Dottie attended nursing school in Arizona and later worked for Dr. Henton in Rush Springs. She also worked as a caregiver for many years. Dottie enjoyed painting, drawing, sewing and reading. She was a member of the Vimy Ridge Baptist Church.

Survivors include, grandson, Tyrus Michael McGehee and wife Tina of Phoenix, Arizona, great-grandson, Logan McGehee of Phoenix, Arizona, sister, Penny Smith of Rush Springs, nephews, Waylon Smith and wife Mitzie of Rush Springs, Monte Lindsey of Oklahoma City niece, Francene Coffman and husband Robert of Rush Springs, many great-nieces and great-nephews.

Dottie was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Allen Reeves, daughter, Paula Reeves Reynolds, three brothers, an infant, Vernon Lindsey, Eldon Lindsey."

⁴Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

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193. Luzelle Jones

¹Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
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²Glenda Wade, Glenda McClure-Wade Email from 2006 (Robert J. Jones Family History), 26210 Portland Ave Blanchard OK 73010 gwpathfinder@aol.com, Apr 6 2006.

³Oklahoma State Department of Health Vital Records Service, Oklahoma Death Certificate, 1000 Northeast 10th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73117 (405) 271-4040, May 1 2000.

⁴Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁵Oklahoma State Department of Health Vital Records Service, Oklahoma Death Certificate, May 1 2000.

⁶John M. Irleand Funeral Home, Luzelle Jones McClure Memorial Record, Moore OK.

⁷Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 22212076, Oct 15 2007.
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Henry Deloss McClure

¹Glenda Wade, Glenda McClure-Wade Email from 2006 (Robert J. Jones Family History), 26210 Portland Ave Blanchard OK 73010 gwpathfinder@aol.com.

²Glenda Wade, Glenda McClure-Wade Email from 2006 (Robert J. Jones Family History), Apr 6 2006.

³Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁴Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 22212072, Oct 15 2007.
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194. Jack Jervis Jones

¹Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

²Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

³Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 14479620, Jun 2 2006.
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195. Stella Bessie Jones

¹Duncan Banner, Rush Springs Ok, Jun 16 2008, Duncan Banner, PO Box 1268, Duncan OK 73534.
"STELLA BESSIE HEATH COFFEE, 97, former Rush Springs, Okla., resident, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2008, in Midwest City.Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rush Springs Cemetery, with David Hale officiating. Services are under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs.Stella was born in Rush Springs on Oct. 29, 1910, to Arthur and Betty Gunn Jones. She married Carl Eugene Heath in 1926. They bought a farm where they farmed and raised cattle until Carl's death in April 1953. In January 1955, she married Irvin Bert Coffee and moved to his farm where she helped raise two of his children, Pat Pelton and Gene Coffee. They enjoyed many years of traveling and camping after Irvin's retirement. The children and grandchildren enjoyed going with them on their trips. She was a hard worker and enjoyed spending the summers in her gardens. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Rush Springs.Survivors include two sons, Melvin Heath and wife Betty of Rush Springs, and Gene Coffee and wife Frances of Edmond; two daughters, Madeline Schooley of Midwest City, and Juanita Scott of Florence, Ala.; 11 grand-children; 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her two husbands; a daughter, Patsy Pelton; her parents; and two brothers, Arthur Jones, Jr. and Billy Ray Joyce."

²Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 27578943, Jun 15 2008.
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Carl Eugene Heath

¹ index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15939, Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995,, image 268 of 659 Film Number: 001316187.

²Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 22113220, Oct 11 2007.
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Irvin Bert Coffee

¹Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home, 415 W. Main Marlow, Oklahoma 73055 email: info@callawaysmithcobb.com
Phone: 580-658-5455, May 9 2007.
"IRVIN B. COFFEE, 89, of Marlow, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Edmond. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs, with Rev. Ted Bulla officiating. Burial will be in Marlow Cemetery, under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs. I.B. was born Monday, November 26, 1917 in Marlow, to William Bert and Ethel Goldie Richards Coffee. He attended old Trail School. He lived in the Marlow area all of his life. He was raised on the family farm that has been in the family for over 100 years. I.B. married Juanita McCleskey on May 2, 1939 in Marlow. She passed away in 1951. On Jan. 14, 1955, he married Stella Heath in Chickasha. I.B. served on both Rush Springs and Stover school boards. He loved to go fishing and travel with his camper. I.B. was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a son, William Eugene Coffee and wife Frances of Edmond; a stepson, Melvin Health and wife Betty of Rush Springs; two stepdaughters, Juanita Scott of Florence, Ala., and Madeline Schooley of Midwest City; 14 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, Juanita Coffee; infant son, Irvin Randall Coffee; daughter, Patsy Sue Coffee Pelton; his parents; and a brother, Verlon J. Coffee. Pallbearers will be Steve Coffee, Justin Coffee, Eddie Pelton, Irvin Belvin, Sonny Coffee and Melvin Heath, Honorary pallbearers will be Morris McAdoo and Raymond Meyers."

²Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

³Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 19326458, May 10 2007.
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198. Arthur William Jones

¹Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
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²The Oklahoman News, Oklahoman, The, www.newsok.com, Page 18A, Sep 15 2005, The Oklahoman, PO Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125.
"Arthur Jones, a World War II prisoner of war who survived tropical disease and forced labor in Japanese mines, died early Tuesday of complications from cancer. He was 85. Jones died just three days after a hero Marine flew from Quantico, Va., to pay him a final visit and present him with a Marine Corps flag. Jones said Saturday he kept himself alive for the visit. Sgt. Eddie Wright, 29, said he never would have made it into the Marines if Jones had not given him a recommendation. Last year, Wright proved his valor — losing both hands during an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq, but continuing to direct other Marines even as he bled profusely and nearly died. By Saturday, when Wright and his parents came to visit, cancer had sucked Jones dry, reducing him to little more than a pair of bright eyes and a pile of skin-wrapped bones. His words slipped out in a whispery rasp, and each time he coughed, eternity seemed to edge a little closer. Lying in bed, he put up a good front. Despite the tumors spreading unchecked through his lungs, organs and spine, he was lucid — even charming — as he greeted the Wrights. He smiled broadly as Wright and his father presented him with the flag. Later, Jones gripped one of Wright’s prosthetics with trembling fingers, clasping it as he praised the young Marine’s heroism. “I told his wife, ‘He hardly seems sick, talking to him,’ ” said Jere Wright, Eddie’s mother. “She said she thought he’d been saving up for when we got here.” After the Wrights left, though, Jones was depleted. “He didn’t talk much,” said his wife, Dorothy Jones. “He talked some, but he was just kind of worn out. “He talked a little bit Sunday, and then Monday a friend came by to visit him, and he couldn’t talk to him at all. ... It was just like he’d saved all his energy up for Saturday, and once Saturday was done, he had no energy left.” No matter. Arthur Jones made it clear Saturday he was ready to go. Looking around at the Wrights, his wife and two of his four living children, Arthur Jones rasped: “It’s great to see you all here. I guess this is all a man could want as he goes, to have his family and friends with him.” Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Southern Baptist Church of Del City, 6400 S Sooner Road."

³Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁴The Oklahoman News, Oklahoman, The, Page 19A, Sep 15 2005.

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⁶World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946, U.S. National Archives and Records Adminstration, Record Group 389, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
"Serial# 278393
Rank PFC
Cap Interred: Tokyo POW Camp (Shinjuku) Tokyo Bay Area 35-140."

⁷Tom Bartlett, Against All Odds, Leatherneck June 1976 page 38-41, Page 38-41, 1976.
"Copyright Marine Corps Association Jun 1976
[Photos and documentation for this article were furnished by Arthur Jones and Brigadier General A. C. Shofner, USMC [Ret'd]. They lived the story... "against all odds."]
Born in July 1920, Arthur Jones enlisted in the Marine Corps during the early part of 1940. Following his graduation from recruit training at San Diego, he was assigned to "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, Fourth Marines, in Shanghai, China.
From there he was assigned to the Olongapo Naval Base in the Philippines. His company commander was Capt A. C. Shofner.
"Jones was my company runner," retired Brigadier General Shofner recalled recently. "I recommended him for a citation. He received a Purple Heart in a most unusual manner-for a wound received from the Japanese while in a POW camp.
"I have many recollections of Jones while in the Fourth Marines. Jones is one of the best Marines I have ever known."
[Photograph]

Here, then, as Jones lived it, is the story of a young Marine, a Fourth Marines plaque and a simple order: "Hang on to that plaque!"
"When Pearl Harbor was bombed," Jones recalled, "my company was awakened by the bugler sounding 'Call To Arms!' This was the first time I had really taken notice of Capt Austin C. Shofner. It was this captain who took charge that morning, issuing ammunition to the men and with dry humor remarking that our play days were now over and that now we could start earning our money, which later on proved to be the understatement of 1941!"
Marines prepared the base for defense. Later, they would be ordered to demolish the naval base and move to Bataan.
On Bataan, the Marine commander requested permission for the Fourth Marine Regiment to join the 31st Infantry, then fighting on Bataan. The request was denied, and the Marines were ordered to Corregidor.
Immediately, the Marines went to work, making beach defenses against a Japanese invasion.
Jones continued: "On Corregidor, I was stationed with a group of Marines at Middleside. Our job was to prepare that part in case the Japanese penetrated the lower level of the fortress.
"One day during the siege of Corregidor, I was told by Sgt Begala to report to Capt Shofner. I had been picked to be the company runner. That pleased me because I had come to admire the captain for his courage and stamina. He had never ordered one of his men to do something that he himself would not do."
[Photograph]
Shanghai, August 1941. Barricades at the Ichang Bridge made up the boundary between the International Settlement and Japanese territory.
The Middleside Barracks, Corregidor, Philippines, in March 1942. Maj Austin C. Shofner led the 2nd Battalion's Reserve company. He was taken prisoner, but he escaped.

All units in the Philippines were under the command of the U.S. Army.
"They put up a terrific battle against overwhelming odds," Jones said.
The Allies were ordered to surrender on May 6, 1942.
"It fell to Capt Shofner to pass the word to the Marines about the surrender," Jones said. "The repeating of the order to his Marines was a time of great emotion. This was the first time in history that the Marines had been ordered to surrender.
"After the order was given, Capt Shofner broke his Marine sword over his knee.
"He then handed me a Fourth Marines plaque he had brought from China and told me to hang on to it.
"This," said Jones, "I expected to do against all odds!"
The Colors of the Fourth Marines were burned so they would not be captured by the Japanese. There was much ill feeling; many felt that they were giving up without a better battle, but the decision had been made.
"After being taken prisoner," Jones recalled, "I was moved from one camp to another. We were forced to build a landing strip. During my prison camp days at Cabanatuan and Los Pinos, the plaque was taken from me twice by Japanese guards who 'roughed' me up on both occasions.
"The plaque was taken again by a Japanese guard after he clubbed me with his rifle when I told him I was a Marine, but he returned the plaque to me again."
The work became harder as the days went by, and Jones began losing his strength. They were working 12 hours a day with pick and shovel.
It could have been worse. Capt Shofner made the infamous "Death March" but later managed to escape. He continued to fight the Japanese as a guerrilla and was eventually evacuated from the Philippines by submarine.
Following a leave, he rejoined a Marine unit and continued the war. He fought the Japanese at Okinawa-the Mt. Shuria area.
"I was losing weight and I was losing strength," Jones recalled. "I knew that I had to do something in order to survive. One night, on our return from work detail, I was looking in the bag I had with me when I glimpsed the Marine Corps plaque.
"This brought a new surge of strength and determination.
"The next day, I had a pick go through my foot. I was put on the injured list and permitted to get medical attention, which in turn gave me the rest that my body needed.
"I was sent back to Cabanatuan and then shipped out to Japan.
"In Hanawa one day. I had the Marine plaque out when a Japanese guard was getting ready to rough me up with his rifle butt. He asked if I was a Marine. I replied in the affirmative. This guard could speak broken English.
"I told him the story of the plaque.
"He told me that he knew of the Marines and said they were brave fighting men. He then turned around and left me.
"The plaque, I'm sure, saved me from a beating."
Beriberi was prevalent among the American prisoners. There were no vitamins. One night, fluids in Jones' chest became so great that he could barely breathe.
He grew weaker. The congestion hurt so much....
Jones tried to forget the pain by thinking of better things. His mind traveled, but eventually came back to the plaque of the Fourth Marines.
"I got to my feet, and with all the strength I could muster, I began to jog up and down the length of the barracks. Oh, how it hurt!
"I don't know exactly what happened, but the fluids in my chest seemed to go someplace else and the pain eased.
"Again, due to the Marine plaque, I had a will to survive."
Following the surrender of Japan, the prisoners left Hanawa for Sendai, where they boarded ship, sailing to Yokohama.
"I had procured a colored parachute when food was dropped to us at the prison camp at Hanawa," Jones said. "I took the 'chute and wrapped the plaque in it.
"At Sendai, a Marine lieutenant asked us to discard most of our possessions. I guess this was for health reasons."
Jones told the lieutenant the story of the plaque, and he gave permission for Jones to take it aboard ship.
At Yokohama, Jones was transferred to the USS Rescue, a hospital ship.
"We were a sorry looking mess," he recalled. "My weight at this time was 70 pounds, soaking wet.
"I was in a room, waiting to be examined by a doctor, when a corpsman saw the parachute and asked if I was saving the 'pretty parachute.'
"Hell, no!" Jones replied, and he repeated the story of the plaque. The corpsman apologized for asking a "stupid, thoughtless question."
Jones returned to the United States. He was told by his parents that Col Austin C. Shofner had written following his escape from the Philippines. The colonel said that he had seen Jones and that (at the time) Jones was in good health and high morale.
(Prior to Shofner's escape, he and Jones had talked. Jones knew of the escape attempt, but he had contracted malaria so badly that he decided not to go. Jones felt that his resultant dizziness and weakened condition might jeopardize the escape.)
Jones and Shofner corresponded following World War II but never met face to face. Then, one day, a friend of Jones told him that Col Shofner had been killed in Korea.
"I couldn't fully accept that," Jones said. "For some unexplained reason, I felt in my heart that we would meet again."
In 1973, a convention was held in Kansas City by the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. One of the coordinators for the convention was a former member of the Fourth Marines, and he started the wheels turning for the first reunion of the old Fourth Marines.
"I attended the reunion," Jones said, "and I asked a GySgt Ferrell what had happened to Capt Shofner."
"He's not dead!" the gunny said. "Hell, he retired from the Marine Corps as a brigadier general!"
Jones later made contact with General Shofner in Shelbyville, Tenn. The former company runner hoped to return the plaque to his former company commander.
"I wanted to carry out that order," Jones grinned.
"But, you know? I was so excited about the trip and meeting with Captain, I mean General, Shofner again that I forgot to pack the plaque!"
[Photograph]
The Fourth Marine Regiment departed Shanghai, China, for the Philippines aboard the President Harrison just a few days prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
American Marines absorbed Filipinos into their ranks prior to the Japanese landings at Corregidor and Bataan, and schooled them in weaponry.
Two members of the Fourth Marine Regiment stepped outside their bunker in the Philippines for a breath of fresh air. Many later made the "Bataan Death March."

[Photograph]
The smokestack of a sunken ship is visible in the strait separating the island of Corregidor in the foreground, and the Bataan Peninsula.
American and Filipino prisoners of war began the infamous "Bataan Death March" following the fall of Corregidor and Bataan. This is an Imperial Japanese photo.
Pfc Arthur Jones carried the Fourth Marines' plaque through POW camps, "against all odds."

But then, 31 years later, the company runner completed his mission.
Jones and the general agreed that the plaque should be presented to the Marine Corps Museum.
"The plaque has a story which tells about the discipline, loyalty, spirit, stamina and fortitude of the Marines. May the training and discipline, loyalty and pride...and the esprit de corps, remain with Marines as long as there remains a Corps," Jones said.
"I'd like to add this," he continued.
"In telling the story of the plaque, I don't mean to stress the ordeals that the prisoners suffered. The ordeals were accepted by the majority of the Marines. We expected hardships and we were determined to survive.
"I recall those Marines...Kindel, Begala, Boswell, Malone, Damouth, DuPont, LeFleur, Buskirk, Good, Jakubizack, Haynes, Helmick and many others.... They were all strong, rugged God-fearing, wonderful men of the Marine Corps.
"At times, when the going became exceedingly rough during my days as a Japanese POW and conditions were testing men's courage, morale and faith, I could always experience a renewal of purpose by just a glimpse of that Marine Corps plaque, knowing it to be a symbol of the Corps and the individuals who make up the Corps.
"The plaque gave me the courage to shake off despair and to carry on... against all odds.".".

541. Janice Ilene Jones

¹Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

²Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 30842551, Oct 24 2008.
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200. Murle Burnem Jones

¹Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

²Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 852596, Feb 25 2000.
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Plot: D, 0, 41.

Barbara Anne Marie Frazzini

¹Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, County Marriage Records. Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.

201. Dorothy Caroll Jones

¹Menkel Funeral Home.
"Dorothy Carroll Jacobs, 85, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, but peacefully, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in Stillwater, OK, where she had lived with her daughter Sue, son Neal, 3 cherished dogs and 2 cats since July 2007. Friends of Dorothy and/or the family are invited to a memorial celebration of Dorothy's life at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009 at Life Adult Day Center, 411 W. Mathews, Stillwater, OK 74075. Dorothy's internment was in Glendale, Arizona at Rest Haven Cemetery on March 30, 2009. Menke Funeral Home Sun City, AZ was in charge of arrangements. She was born on June 2, 1923 in Rush Springs, OK to Henry Clay Jones and Ethel Jane (Addkison) Jones. She was so proud of her little birth town, "the watermelon capital of the world" and attended the annual watermelon festival there for five of the last seven years of her life. At the age of five, she moved to El Reno, OK with her family, where she attended both Catholic and public schools until her family moved to Arizona in 1937; she turned 14 the night they slept at the Continental Divide. She graduated from Tolleson Union High School in 1941with her lifelong friend, Sue (Wilson) Frasier and sister-in-law, Wanda (Mitchell) Jacobs. She married Ernest Neal Jacobs on June 25, 1943, lived in Hollywood for a short time while Ernest was in the U.S. Army.They later lived on a dairy farm in Glendale, AZ where they raised two daughters, Sue Carrol and Jane Ann, a son Neal, and a foster son, Danny Pevler. Her mother and father lived on the farm with her legal brother, Merle Henry Jones "Hank" during much of that time. Dorothy was active in the Glendale Women's Club, as a 4-H and Girl Scout leader and as a Northwest Hospital Auxiliary volunteer; she also was active in Elks and Optimist Club activities with Ernest. She had an open house for the neighborhood children and her children's friends and a constant pot of coffee brewing for local farmers. She spent many hours with her grandchildren teaching them the arts of cloud watching, storytelling and how to behave. Following the death of her beloved husband in 1981, she moved to Avondale, Peoria and Glendale, where she spent countless hours with her grandchildren, caring for her mother, providing respite services for others and working as a dispatcher for a trucking company. She took numerous trips throughout the US to visit her daughter Sue, her nephew Ryan, her son and his family when he lived in Texas, and to Jacobs's family reunions, leaving behind friends made in Texas, Oregon, Mississippi, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Tennessee. She made new joyful memories with her granddaughter Kandi and great granddaughters, the "3 Ms", in Arizona last December. She always had her cats and a dog and, for many years, her son living with her. She was a member of the Glendale Church of Christ.Dorothy was so happy during her time in Oklahoma since 2001 and later living in Stillwater. She visited places of childhood memories, found the graves of a brother and her sisters, volunteered for offsite dog adoptions for the Stillwater Humane Society, and regained her pride in being part Choctaw and Cherokee. She loved the Oklahoma State Cowboys (OSU); countryside drives; Boomer Lake; Oklahoma clouds; and the flowers, squirrels, rabbits, geese, cardinals and occasional red foxes in the yard. She enjoyed her Stillwater neighborhood cul-de-sac gatherings and was looking forward to friends from Arizona and Colorado visiting this coming summer. She rode the OSU Transit bus to attend the Life Adult Day Center in Stillwater five days a week and worked out at Total Rehab; her final year was full of life and appreciative of the other Life Center participants, staff, OSU Community Paratransit bus drivers, and her other new and longtime friends and family. She loved telling them stories of her life and getting them to laugh or smile.She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers, Bobby Jean and Merle, known as "Buster"; and two sisters, Patsy and an infant sister. She is survived by two daughters, Sue Carrol Jacobs of Stillwater, OK and Jayne Ann Jacobs Bryson of Buckeye, AZ; one son, Neal Clay Jacobs of Stillwater, OK, and foster son, Danny Pevler of Maricopa, AZ; legal brother, Merle Henry Jones and his wife Elizabeth of Glendale, AZ; one cousin, Bella Frances Miller and her family of Elfrida, AZ; 6 beloved grandchildren, Kandi Connelly and her husband Scott of Surprise, AZ, Stacey Lynn Box and her husband Harry of Los Angeles, CA, Denielle "DeeDee" Bryson of Buckeye, AZ, Kayla Bryson of Buckeye, AZ, Ryan Neal Jacobs and Jaime Lynn Jacobs; 5 dearly loved great grandchildren, McKenna Connelly, Madeleine Connelly, Melina Connelly, Henry Box, and Eliza Jane Box; 3 special foster grandchildren Angie, Maria, and Shelly; long time friends, especially Sue Frazier of Englewood, CO, Ada Winn of Waddell, AZ, and Barb and her husband Patrick Garrow of Dandridge TN; brother-law, Robert Jacobs and his wife, Wanda of Litchfield, AZ; sister-in law, Florence Jacobs of Sun Lakes, AZ; many nephews, nieces, their families and friends; her dearly loved little dog, Precious, two grand-dogs, Shanti and Katie; and her 2 grand-cats, Mindi and YaYa. Pallbearers were her nephews Milton of Phoenix AZ, Ken of Flagstaff, AZ, Chuck Jacobs of Mesa, AZ, brother, Merle "Hank" Jones of Glendale, AZ, son-in law, Scott Connelly of Surprise, AZ, and her grand nephew, Chas Jacobs of Mesa, AZ. Honorary pallbearers will be lifetime friend Kenneth O Butler of Buckeye, AZ and brother-in-law, Robert Jacobs Sr. of Litchfield Park, AZ."

²Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

³Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 71209930, Jun 12 2011.
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Ernest Neal Jacobs

¹Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, County Marriage Records. Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.

²Texas Department of State Health Services, TX Births General Index from 1903-1997, Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas., Roll number: 1919_0006.
This database is an index to over 15 million births recorded in the State of Texas, USA, between 1903 and 1997. Information available in this index includes: child's name, sex, birth date, and birth county. Some records may also include: names of both parents.

³Texas Department of State Health Services
TX Birth Certificates, 1903–1932
/I>, Ancestry.com. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 201.
This database contains birth certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services, for the years 1903–1932. Some amendments to certificates of birth are included as well.

⁴Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Form SS-5.
This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration through the application or claims process.

⁵Social Security Administration Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235, Social Security Administration Death Index 1935-2014 (Vital Records-death index).

⁶Find A Grave Records, www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 101541365, Nov 30 2012.
This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

⁷Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Af.

⁸U.S. Army, World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946, World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.