David L. Jones, M.D.
1st Lt., Medical Corps
11 May 1887 - 16 Apr.1971
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D. L. Jones, Prominent
Fulton Physician, Dies
Dr. David Lonzo Jones, a practicing physician for almost 62 years and founder of Jones Hospital, died Friday morning, April 16, at his home on 99 Eddings Street. He was 83 and had been ill for some time.
Dr. Jones began practicing medicine at a time when doctors made house calls in a horse and buggy. Some of his patients could not afford to pay cash, and he would accept payment in the form of food or hogs.
Although he was a general practitioner, at a time when specialists were rare, Dr. Jones was sometimes called on to perform surgery because no one else was available. He performed operations in the homes of some of his patients because they could not be taken to hospitals.
He established the Jones Hospital in July 1943 and operated it until June 1966, continuing to maintain an office until 1968. At that time he retired due to failing health.
Dr. Jones was born in Weakly County May 11, 1887, the seventh of ten children of the late John Franklin Jones and Mary Frances Golden Jones. His father died when he was 13, and he helped support his mother, brothers and sisters by farming.
He attended Menida Normal College in Palmersville and Western Kentucky State College, then entered the University of Tennessee Medical School. When he was graduated with honors in 1909, he was only 22 years old.
Dr. Jones established a practice in Dukedom. During World War I he served in France and at Camp Grant, Illinois with the Medical Corps. After his discharge he took post-graduate studies at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago, then opened his office in Fulton in 1919.
A grateful community gave Dr. Jones many honors. He was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Fulton News and WFUL Radio in 1956, and received a gold plaque in April 1959 from the Fulton-Hickman County Medical Auxillary. The plaque commemorated 50 years of medical practice.
Dr. Jones was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, American Hospital Association, the American Legion, Masonic Lodge No. 172, and the American Academy of General Practice. He was Illinois Centeral Railroad District surgeon for 30 years. He was an Elder of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, the former Fairra Barnes; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Jones, and her husband, Allan Jones; a granddaughter, Shirley Maxwell of Columbia, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Charity Shanklin of Dresden; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral servcies were held Sunday, April 18 at Hornbeck Funeral Chapel, under the direction of Jones Funeral Home in Martin, Tennessee. The Rev. Charles L. Houser, minister of the Centeral Church of Christ, officiated. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dean Collier, John Colley, William Smith, Robert Foy, Charles Wright, and Bill Gray.
The News
Fulton, Kentucky
Thursday, April 22, 1971, p. 1 & 6
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1st Lt., Medical Corps
11 May 1887 - 16 Apr.1971
._______
D. L. Jones, Prominent
Fulton Physician, Dies
Dr. David Lonzo Jones, a practicing physician for almost 62 years and founder of Jones Hospital, died Friday morning, April 16, at his home on 99 Eddings Street. He was 83 and had been ill for some time.
Dr. Jones began practicing medicine at a time when doctors made house calls in a horse and buggy. Some of his patients could not afford to pay cash, and he would accept payment in the form of food or hogs.
Although he was a general practitioner, at a time when specialists were rare, Dr. Jones was sometimes called on to perform surgery because no one else was available. He performed operations in the homes of some of his patients because they could not be taken to hospitals.
He established the Jones Hospital in July 1943 and operated it until June 1966, continuing to maintain an office until 1968. At that time he retired due to failing health.
Dr. Jones was born in Weakly County May 11, 1887, the seventh of ten children of the late John Franklin Jones and Mary Frances Golden Jones. His father died when he was 13, and he helped support his mother, brothers and sisters by farming.
He attended Menida Normal College in Palmersville and Western Kentucky State College, then entered the University of Tennessee Medical School. When he was graduated with honors in 1909, he was only 22 years old.
Dr. Jones established a practice in Dukedom. During World War I he served in France and at Camp Grant, Illinois with the Medical Corps. After his discharge he took post-graduate studies at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago, then opened his office in Fulton in 1919.
A grateful community gave Dr. Jones many honors. He was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Fulton News and WFUL Radio in 1956, and received a gold plaque in April 1959 from the Fulton-Hickman County Medical Auxillary. The plaque commemorated 50 years of medical practice.
Dr. Jones was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, American Hospital Association, the American Legion, Masonic Lodge No. 172, and the American Academy of General Practice. He was Illinois Centeral Railroad District surgeon for 30 years. He was an Elder of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, the former Fairra Barnes; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Jones, and her husband, Allan Jones; a granddaughter, Shirley Maxwell of Columbia, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Charity Shanklin of Dresden; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral servcies were held Sunday, April 18 at Hornbeck Funeral Chapel, under the direction of Jones Funeral Home in Martin, Tennessee. The Rev. Charles L. Houser, minister of the Centeral Church of Christ, officiated. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dean Collier, John Colley, William Smith, Robert Foy, Charles Wright, and Bill Gray.
The News
Fulton, Kentucky
Thursday, April 22, 1971, p. 1 & 6
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David L. Jones, M.D.
1st Lt., Medical Corps
11 May 1887 - 16 Apr.1971
._______
D. L. Jones, Prominent
Fulton Physician, Dies
Dr. David Lonzo Jones, a practicing physician for almost 62 years and founder of Jones Hospital, died Friday morning, April 16, at his home on 99 Eddings Street. He was 83 and had been ill for some time.
Dr. Jones began practicing medicine at a time when doctors made house calls in a horse and buggy. Some of his patients could not afford to pay cash, and he would accept payment in the form of food or hogs.
Although he was a general practitioner, at a time when specialists were rare, Dr. Jones was sometimes called on to perform surgery because no one else was available. He performed operations in the homes of some of his patients because they could not be taken to hospitals.
He established the Jones Hospital in July 1943 and operated it until June 1966, continuing to maintain an office until 1968. At that time he retired due to failing health.
Dr. Jones was born in Weakly County May 11, 1887, the seventh of ten children of the late John Franklin Jones and Mary Frances Golden Jones. His father died when he was 13, and he helped support his mother, brothers and sisters by farming.
He attended Menida Normal College in Palmersville and Western Kentucky State College, then entered the University of Tennessee Medical School. When he was graduated with honors in 1909, he was only 22 years old.
Dr. Jones established a practice in Dukedom. During World War I he served in France and at Camp Grant, Illinois with the Medical Corps. After his discharge he took post-graduate studies at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago, then opened his office in Fulton in 1919.
A grateful community gave Dr. Jones many honors. He was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Fulton News and WFUL Radio in 1956, and received a gold plaque in April 1959 from the Fulton-Hickman County Medical Auxillary. The plaque commemorated 50 years of medical practice.
Dr. Jones was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, American Hospital Association, the American Legion, Masonic Lodge No. 172, and the American Academy of General Practice. He was Illinois Centeral Railroad District surgeon for 30 years. He was an Elder of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, the former Fairra Barnes; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Jones, and her husband, Allan Jones; a granddaughter, Shirley Maxwell of Columbia, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Charity Shanklin of Dresden; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral servcies were held Sunday, April 18 at Hornbeck Funeral Chapel, under the direction of Jones Funeral Home in Martin, Tennessee. The Rev. Charles L. Houser, minister of the Centeral Church of Christ, officiated. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dean Collier, John Colley, William Smith, Robert Foy, Charles Wright, and Bill Gray.
The News
Fulton, Kentucky
Thursday, April 22, 1971, p. 1 & 6
.
1st Lt., Medical Corps
11 May 1887 - 16 Apr.1971
._______
D. L. Jones, Prominent
Fulton Physician, Dies
Dr. David Lonzo Jones, a practicing physician for almost 62 years and founder of Jones Hospital, died Friday morning, April 16, at his home on 99 Eddings Street. He was 83 and had been ill for some time.
Dr. Jones began practicing medicine at a time when doctors made house calls in a horse and buggy. Some of his patients could not afford to pay cash, and he would accept payment in the form of food or hogs.
Although he was a general practitioner, at a time when specialists were rare, Dr. Jones was sometimes called on to perform surgery because no one else was available. He performed operations in the homes of some of his patients because they could not be taken to hospitals.
He established the Jones Hospital in July 1943 and operated it until June 1966, continuing to maintain an office until 1968. At that time he retired due to failing health.
Dr. Jones was born in Weakly County May 11, 1887, the seventh of ten children of the late John Franklin Jones and Mary Frances Golden Jones. His father died when he was 13, and he helped support his mother, brothers and sisters by farming.
He attended Menida Normal College in Palmersville and Western Kentucky State College, then entered the University of Tennessee Medical School. When he was graduated with honors in 1909, he was only 22 years old.
Dr. Jones established a practice in Dukedom. During World War I he served in France and at Camp Grant, Illinois with the Medical Corps. After his discharge he took post-graduate studies at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago, then opened his office in Fulton in 1919.
A grateful community gave Dr. Jones many honors. He was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Fulton News and WFUL Radio in 1956, and received a gold plaque in April 1959 from the Fulton-Hickman County Medical Auxillary. The plaque commemorated 50 years of medical practice.
Dr. Jones was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, American Hospital Association, the American Legion, Masonic Lodge No. 172, and the American Academy of General Practice. He was Illinois Centeral Railroad District surgeon for 30 years. He was an Elder of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, the former Fairra Barnes; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Jones, and her husband, Allan Jones; a granddaughter, Shirley Maxwell of Columbia, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Charity Shanklin of Dresden; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral servcies were held Sunday, April 18 at Hornbeck Funeral Chapel, under the direction of Jones Funeral Home in Martin, Tennessee. The Rev. Charles L. Houser, minister of the Centeral Church of Christ, officiated. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dean Collier, John Colley, William Smith, Robert Foy, Charles Wright, and Bill Gray.
The News
Fulton, Kentucky
Thursday, April 22, 1971, p. 1 & 6
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