- C.W. JONES EXPIRES OF HEART AILMENT -
Succumbs At Hospital After 2 Weeks' Illness. Long Prominent Here.
- FUNERAL ON MONDAY -
C. W. Jones, prominently connected with the business, civic, fraternal and community life of Fredericksburg and this section for the past forty years, died at the Mary Washington Hospital this morning at 2 o'clock following an illness of about two weeks of heart trouble.
Mr. Jones was in the seventy-third year of his age.
The deceased suffered a severe heart attack nearly two weeks ago and for several days remained at his home, after which he was taken to the Mary Washington Hospital.
From the beginning it was feared that the attack would result fatally. Mr. Jones, however, rallied slightly after several days and for a time it was hoped he might get over the immediate effects of the attack.
Within the past two days Mr. Jones began to grow worse, the end coming early this morning.
In the death of Mr. Jones, Fredericksburg and this section lose a man who had been singularly active in their behalf, and who had constantly exhibited a spirit of public responsibility and interest that has seldom been equaled in this or other communities.
Born In Stafford.
Mr. Jones was born in upper Stafford, near the Fauquier County line and spent the early years of his life on his father's farm. He came to this section in 1881 and first made his home In Spotsylvania with his uncle, the late R.C. Colbert, for many years Treasurer of the County.
Later, Mr. Jones moved to Fredericksburg and became connected with the dry goods business conducted by M. C. Grasty at the location now occupied by the People's Drug Store. When Mr. Grasty retired from business and went to Washington, Mr. Jones left Fredericksburg, going to Baltimore, where he was employed by D. Hall & Co. From Baltimore he went to Washington and became connected with a commercial firm in the Capitol.
Returns to City.
With the mercantile experience thus obtained, he returned to Fredericksburg and became a member of the firm of Colbert & Jones, which was established in the location now occupied by E.M. Troland. After several years of business, the firm liquidated, and, in 1897, Mr. Jones bought from the estate of his father-In-law, W. H. Cunningham, the business which the latter left at his death.
From that time, until he retired from the mercantile business in August, 1909, when he leased his property to the W. T. Grant Co., chain store concern, Mr. Jones conducted under his own name not only one of the leading dry-goods houses in the city, but one of the leading retail concerns of any line. Upon his retirement from the mercantile business, he engaged in insurance in which line he still was active up to his final illness.
In Public Activities.
Although Mr. Jones' business life was an active one, he did not let It absorb all of his time, giving a greet deal in personal effort, energy and attention to municipal, civic, and fraternal affairs. For a long period during his life, Mr. Jones was publicly one of the most active men In the community. He was President of the old Business Men's Association and later of the Chamber of Commerce and during his connection with those bodies served on many of their important committees and took part in nearly every one of the public movements sponsored by them. In addition, he was active in Rotary affairs, being one of the organizers and the first President of the Fredericksburg Rotary Club, in which he held membership for a number of years.
Business Connections.
At various times in his life, he was a director of the Fredericksburg Fair Association, and of the old Spotsylvania Power Company and was interested in other local business and semi-public organizations.
Mr. Jones was a Mason, being Secretary of the Fredericksburg Lodge at the time of his death, and was a member of the Knights Pythias and the Elks.
He was at one time a member of the Fredericksburg City Council, giving up that position when he removed his residence from the city to Elmhurst, his home in the county, adjacent to Fredericksburg.
Characteristically, Mr. Jones was alert, active, energetic and enthusiastic, to which qualities he added a cheerful optimism that made him peculiarly valuable to all movements that had the progress and up-building of the community as their aims...
The Free Lance-Star - Sept. 2, 1933.
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- SERVICES HELD FOR LATE C. W. JONES -
Many Attend Last Rites for Prominent Citizen.
Masonic Services At Grave.
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Funeral services for C.W. Jones, prominent businessman who died at the Mary Washington Hospital Friday, were held from the Fredericksburg Baptist Church this morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Robert P. Caverlee, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. F. J. Prettyman, pastor of the Methodist Church. Following services at the church, interment was in the City Cemetery, with Masonic services at the grave, conducted by Herbert R. Ellis, Master of the Fredericksburg Lodge, of which Mr. Jones was Secretary.
Services at both the grave and church were attended by a large number of friends and relatives and included delegations from fraternal, civic, business and community organizations and groups with which the deceased had been affiliated.
A large number of floral offerings attested to the esteem with which Mr. Jones was held in the community. The Free Lance-Star - Sept. 4, 1933.