Russell's father died when he was 6 years old. His mother remarried a Mr. Eppes and childhood was not easy for the Jones step-children. Russell worked at the local bleachery as a young adult. He then fought in WWI in the US Army. At about age 20 he moved North to Pennsylvania, took a job on the railroad and married Elizabeth Washburn. The marriage was short lived. He later married Pearl Darnell (of Pennsylvania) and ran a grocery store/gas station on the Pa./Ohio border. In later life they moved back to Russell's beloved South Carolina. RB & Pearl enjoyed the good life fishing the Santee-Cooper Reservior.
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Obituary: PINEVILLE-- Russell Bennett Jones, 71, retired railroad conductor, died Monday.
A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Bennett & Annie Huff Jones, and was a WW I veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Darnell Jones of Pineville: a son, Russell Bennett Jones Jr. of Rochester, NY, three brothers, G.W. Jones of Greenville, the Rev. R.R. Eppes of Lockhart, and Raymond W. Eppes of Jacksonville, Fl; a sister, Mrs. Ila Jo Tollison of Seneca; and four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral services Wed. at Dial FH, St. Stephens. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. (March 3, 1970, the Greenville News)
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Obituary: PINEVILLE-- Russell Bennett Jones, 71, retired railroad conductor, died Monday.
A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Bennett & Annie Huff Jones, and was a WW I veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Darnell Jones of Pineville: a son, Russell Bennett Jones Jr. of Rochester, NY, three brothers, G.W. Jones of Greenville, the Rev. R.R. Eppes of Lockhart, and Raymond W. Eppes of Jacksonville, Fl; a sister, Mrs. Ila Jo Tollison of Seneca; and four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral services Wed. at Dial FH, St. Stephens. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. (March 3, 1970, the Greenville News)
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Russell's father died when he was 6 years old. His mother remarried a Mr. Eppes and childhood was not easy for the Jones step-children. Russell worked at the local bleachery as a young adult. He then fought in WWI in the US Army. At about age 20 he moved North to Pennsylvania, took a job on the railroad and married Elizabeth Washburn. The marriage was short lived. He later married Pearl Darnell (of Pennsylvania) and ran a grocery store/gas station on the Pa./Ohio border. In later life they moved back to Russell's beloved South Carolina. RB & Pearl enjoyed the good life fishing the Santee-Cooper Reservior.
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Obituary: PINEVILLE-- Russell Bennett Jones, 71, retired railroad conductor, died Monday.
A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Bennett & Annie Huff Jones, and was a WW I veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Darnell Jones of Pineville: a son, Russell Bennett Jones Jr. of Rochester, NY, three brothers, G.W. Jones of Greenville, the Rev. R.R. Eppes of Lockhart, and Raymond W. Eppes of Jacksonville, Fl; a sister, Mrs. Ila Jo Tollison of Seneca; and four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral services Wed. at Dial FH, St. Stephens. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. (March 3, 1970, the Greenville News)
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Obituary: PINEVILLE-- Russell Bennett Jones, 71, retired railroad conductor, died Monday.
A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Bennett & Annie Huff Jones, and was a WW I veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Darnell Jones of Pineville: a son, Russell Bennett Jones Jr. of Rochester, NY, three brothers, G.W. Jones of Greenville, the Rev. R.R. Eppes of Lockhart, and Raymond W. Eppes of Jacksonville, Fl; a sister, Mrs. Ila Jo Tollison of Seneca; and four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Funeral services Wed. at Dial FH, St. Stephens. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. (March 3, 1970, the Greenville News)
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