The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-26
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Captain E. Macon Jones.

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Captain II. Macon Jones, q we'll known
vlrginian. but for some years n resident
of Huntington, w. Va. died n in that
city last Thursday, February 18th. and
his funeral occurred last Sunday az ter
noon. Rev. ] ohm s.. Gibson, rector r.
Trinity Episcopal Church. Of which de-
ceased was n member, conducted the ser.
vice The interment was at Spring Hill
Cemetery, and was under the auspices
\ OF the Masonic fraternity and the Or
Ede1 Of Railway Conductors, Of both Of
which he was an honored member.
Miss NJ. Kate Jones and Mrs. w. r.
Smith, OF this city, sisters cr the de-
ceased, were with him for ten days be-
fore his death, and have just returned
to Richmond. 55
a Huntington paper prints this excel
lent sketch of Captain Jones:
Captain E. NJ. Jones was of lineage
that Is distinguished throughout the State
Of Virginia. Born In Essex county, !ir-
5cinfa, December 2. 1850, his father was
Emanuel Macon Jones, of Gloucester
county Virginia; his mother was Mary
Elizabeth Wright, Of Essex county cap
tain Jones was OF English extraction,
and was of the fifth generation. and the
first Emanuel Macon Jones being an
Episcopal minister. and the first pastor
of Ellsworth Church in Gloucester coun-
ty. The Jones and Wright families, from
whom ne was descended, have both been
prominent I'm the civic affairs of the
State many of them having held nigh
position Of trust.
Captain Jones was an Episcopaliafi,
being baptized when an infant and con-
q young man.
He was married In the spring Of 1893 to
Mrs Jennie Afford, of Lincoln county,,
widow Of John Afford, who will be we'll
remembered by the older citizens of this
community because OF his prominence In
the POLITICAL and business affairs of
8Cnhel and Lincoln counties. She IS u
daughter of tho late Thomas Markham,
Of Putnam, one of the best known and
5ty q IA N 56ss5ts
Two little boys were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones, Emanuel Macon, nine years
old and Se!den, aged seven, both tf
whom, with their mother, survive the
father. 81 3st.5
Captain Jones has been In tho employ
Of the Chesapeake and ONO Company as
conductor for more than twenty-five
wears. This is sufficient cvidenco Of tho
fact that he was worthy OF the COMP
pany's trust. ono who worked with him
fol n number of years, when no was
quite Il young man and, has known MIN
Intimately up to tho time Of his death,
las this to say of him personally:
.,Proianlty he knew not; beneath his
smile there lurkel no degrading passion;
within his heart there slumbered no gulle,
lie was not exalted III mortal pride; not
elevated Iii his own views. but honest,
moral and virtuous before the world. Al-
ways upright. kind and sympaathzlns,
always attached to Just principles, ana
actunted by tho same, he maintained
his Christian bearing an the race OF Inc
most trying temptations, was KIND
friend, a good neighbor. husband ana
father. Duty with him was not q sem
timent, but q principle, pervading his very
lfo and exhibited Itself ~ his condVce
and all his actions,i
Mrs. Blanche Locknane Jones'.
Mrs. Blanche Locknane Jones. wife Of
r. ~. Jones, formerly of this city, died
at her home In Lynchhurg Va, at $50
Il. NJ, February cath, after an illness OF
several months, u
She was the eldest daughter of the late
James Nj. and Dora j. Iocknane, She
leaves besides her husband four small
Children, also Il mother, four brothers
and one sister. NJ.
,royn West View Baptist Church this att-
.ernoon ut o'clock. The interment VIII
be lnade in HOLLYWOOD.
Walter D. Stewart.
Mr, Walter d. Stewart, a we'll known
insurance man of this city, died last Sat-
,reay In Atlanta, where he Was former.
IL a resident. Tho Atlanta Journal OF
Monday said.
After an illness OF only a3weel with
pneumonia, Walter D. Stewart. Of Rich
,.6ond Va, a well known Insurance
man, and formerly a resident Of Atlanta,
dled Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
q, .he home OF Mrs. ~. NJ. Ragsdale, IN
i,acatnr y He Is survived by his wife,
WHO was Miss Louise Rassdnle, daugil,
Decatur, He also leaves his sisters, Mrs,
deorgs STAPLE eaa and Miss Molly Stew