Samuel R. Jones & Mary Lou [Carver] Jones

SAMUEL R. JONES, the youngest child of Leonard Ellis Jones and his wife Mary Baines Jones, was born June 18, 1869 in Greene County, Alabama, and died December 23, 1939 in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama. Samuel married Mary Lou Carver November 13, 1894. Mary Lou was born December 29, 1874 in Pickens County, Alabama, and died February 27, 1952 in Clayton. Samuel and Mary Lou are buried at the Clayton City Cemetery in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.

Sam's descendants believe his middle initial "R" stood for Robert, but they are not certain. 

Sam and Mary Lou lost one daughter as an infant. They raised six sons, five of which joined Sam in the logging/sawmill business. Their only daughter Mattie, who never married, stayed home to help her mother take care of the men. The business required moving frequently, with the final move to Clayton, the county seat of Barbour since 1832. 

Samuel and son Andrew (Drew) bought tracts of timberland and started a sawmill. Emmett was in charge of downing the trees and getting them to the sawmill. Jim, their oldest son, operated the saw at the mill and kept all the machinery repaired. Cecil and Leon were truck drivers and hauled the lumber. Drew, a sharp businessman and manager, oversaw the entire operation. Robert (Bobby) managed the Cedar Springs swimming pool and dance pavilion in Clayton.

 

Ralph Garrison on the left, and Andrew Jones on the right,
were partners in the logging/sawmill business.

 

The children of Samuel R. and Mary Lou Jones:

  1. James Leonard (Jim) Jones was born September 15, 1895 and died July 09, 1973, in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama.

  2. Infant Daughter Jones was born August 09, 1897. Baby daughter is buried at Liberty Church Cemetery, Route 4, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama.

  3. Mattie Martin Jones was born August 08, 1898 and died August 07, 1960, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. Mattie is buried at Clayton City Cemetery in Clayton, Alabama.

  4. Andrew (Drew) Stanford Jones was born May 01, 1900, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and died April 20, 1981, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. 

  5. Robert (Rob) Joseph Jones was born July 02, 1902 and died September 16, 1941. 

  6. Cecil H. Jones was born March 16, 1904 and died October 22, 1938. 

  7. Samuel Leon (Leon) Jones was born September 16, 1905 and died December 03, 1997.

  8. Early Price Jones was born March 29, 1908 and died July 08, 1909.

  9. Emmett Hill Jones (Emmett) was born May 01, 1910 and died April 04, 1991. 

Generation No. 2 

  1. James (Jim) Leonard Jones, Sr., married Arah Limmie (Limmie) Daniel on May 12, 1919. Limmie was born July 20, 1899 and died September 25, 1990. Jim and Limmie are buried at Memory Gardens, 205 Gammage Road, Eufaula, Alabama.

The children of Jim and Limmie are:

1. Frances Eleanor Jones was born June 19, 1923 in Marengo County, Alabama and died March 15, 1999. She married Winford Mills who was born March 14, 1921 and died February 10, 1972. Frances and Winford are buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 2808 Highway 51 South, Clio, Alabama. 

2. James Leonard Jones, Jr.,  was born July 08, 1925 in Wilcox County, Alabama and died January 04, 1927 of diphtheria in Boswell, Bullock County, Alabama. James is buried in an unmarked grave at Mt Zion Baptist Church Cemetery on State Highway 23, in Boswell (previously known as Omega), Bullock County, Alabama.

3. Jesse Samuel (Sam) Jones was born April 27, 1930 in Barbour County, Alabama. Sam and Lelagene Wilson married on August 15, 1953 in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. Lelagene was born October 26, 1931 in Barbour County. 

  1. Deceased infant daughter born August 09, 1897 - no further information. 

  2. Mattie Martin Jones - no further information.

  3. Andrew (Drew) Stanford Jones married Myrtle Ruth Cook December 18, 1927 in Ramer, Alabama. Myrtle was born October 29, 1910 in Ramer, Alabama and died August 05, 1987 in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. Both Drew and Myrtle are buried at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama.

The children of Drew and Myrtle are:

1. Andrew Charles Jones born December 18, 1928 in Clayton and died May 31, 2000, Eufaula, Alabama. His first marriage was to Dorothy Lanell Cutts who was born October 11, 1928 and died 1994. Andrew's second marriage was to Pauline Williams who died after 1965. Andrew is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Alabama. 

2. Myrtle Evelyn Jones was born May 30, 1932 in Clayton and died September 14, 1986, Eufaula, Alabama. Myrtle's first marriage was to Martin Earl Roberts who was born  October 17, 1926, Houston County, Alabama and died February 08, 1994. Myrtle's second marriage was in 1958 to Francis Maier Cronic in Gainesville, Georgia. Francis was born July 19, 1921 in Gainesville, Georgia and died January 1968 in Macon, Georgia. 

3. Martha Helen Jones was born August 25, 1934 in Clayton, Alabama. Martha's first marriage was to Charles Benjamin McCarthy on April 06, 1955, in Columbus, Georgia. Charles was born June 25, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York and died May 1990 in Daleville, Alabama. Martha's second marriage was to Hubert Carroll Howard, December 14, 2002, in Dothan, Alabama. Hubert was born February 26, 1919 in Donalsonville, Georgia. 

4. Carolyn Faye Jones was born May 15, 1939, Eufaula, Alabama and married Joel  Alan Wilson on June 14, 1957, in Eufaula, Alabama. Joel was born December 19, 1936 in Barbour County, Alabama. 

  1. Robert (Rob) Joseph Jones, Sr.,  married Ruth Westbrook who was born July 09, 1905 and died March 05, 1986. Rob is buried at Clayton City Cemetery in Clayton, Alabama and Ruth is buried at Pine Barren Cemetery in Davisville, Florida.

The children of Rob and Ruth are: 

1. Robert (Bobby) Joseph Jones, Jr., born April 03, 1928. Bobby married Bobbie Barlow who was born January 11, 1936.

2. Margaret Jones was born December 18, 1929 and married Clifford Smith who was born September 19, 1924. 

  1. Cecil H. Jones married Sara Hunt who was born December 13, 1910 and died 2003. Cecil and Sara are buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church, 2808 Highway 51, Clio, Alabama.

The children of Cecil and Sara are:

1. Frances Elaine Jones was born December 26, 1934. Frances married Gerald Kuhlman on May 21, 1955 in Lucedale, Mississippi. Gerald was born October 21, 1932. 

2. Sarah Cecil Jones was born June 11, 1937 and married Floyd Bowman, Jr. who was born December 09, 1927. 

  1. Samuel Leon Jones married Ellie Efurd who was born March 29, 1908 and died January 20, 1995. Samuel and Ellie are buried at Winter Garden Cemetery in Winter Garden, Florida.

  2. Early Price Jones - no further information.

  3. Emmett Hill Jones married Oberen Chance who was born February 16, 1917 and died November 22, 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama. Emmett and Oberen are buried at Clayton City Cemetery, Clayton, Alabama.

The children of Emmett and Oberen are:

1. Barbara Ann Jones was born January 18, 1937; married Will Ellis who was born October 14, 1937. 

2. Betty Sue Jones was born May 04, 1938; married Richard (Dick) Edward Meyers who was born September 16, 1922. 

3. Ronald Emmett Jones was born November 01, 1939; married Marcia Hudson who was born October 14, 1939. 

4. Susan Jones was born May 24, 1950 and married Daniel Heim. 

5. Kathy Lou Jones was born May 20, 1953 and died November 15, 1953. Kathy is buried at Clayton City Cemetery, Clayton, AL

 

Jones Family Reunion - 1946

LEFT TO RIGHT:

Front row: Priscilla Mills, Betty June Mills, Barbara Ann Jones, Betty Sue Jones, Faye Jones, Ronald Jones

Middle row: James Leonard Jones, Limmie Daniel Jones, Eleanor Jones Mills, Martha Helen Jones, Mary Lou
                         Carver Jones, Myrtle Ruth Cook Jones, Oberen Chance Jones, Mattie Martin Jones.

Back row: Myrtle Evelyn Jones, Andrew Stanford Jones, Emmett Hill Jones
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By: Martha Helen [Jones] Howard

Edited September 12, 2007 - CLS