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Otto Franklin Jones

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Otto Franklin Jones

Birth
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Death
16 Aug 1975 (aged 86)
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
LW-36-12
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THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1975

PROMINENT COLORADO CITY RANCHER DIES

COLORADO CITY ~~ Otto F. Jones, 86, prominent Colorado City rancher died after an apparent heart attack Saturday while driving his car in Colorado City.

Funeral arrangements are pending with Kiker-Seale Funeral Home in Colorado City.

Born November 13, 1888 in Nolan County, Mr. Jones came to Mitchell County in 1907, and began work as a ranch hand for the Spade Ranch. He became ranch manager in 1912 and retired in 1969.

He married Myrtle Bartlett in Sweetwater January 1, 1914. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and in 1965 local Masons honored him at a special meeting for his fifty years as a Master Mason.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Kayser of High Point, North Carolina and Mrs. Frances Croslin of Lubbock; a sister, Mrs. Allie George of Lubbock; a brother, Fred V. Jones of El Paso; and four grandchildren.
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1975

PROMINENT COLORADO CITY RANCHER DIES

COLORADO CITY ~~ Otto F. Jones, 86, prominent Colorado City rancher died after an apparent heart attack Saturday while driving his car in Colorado City.

Funeral arrangements are pending with Kiker-Seale Funeral Home in Colorado City.

Born November 13, 1888 in Nolan County, Mr. Jones came to Mitchell County in 1907, and began work as a ranch hand for the Spade Ranch. He became ranch manager in 1912 and retired in 1969.

He married Myrtle Bartlett in Sweetwater January 1, 1914. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and in 1965 local Masons honored him at a special meeting for his fifty years as a Master Mason.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Kayser of High Point, North Carolina and Mrs. Frances Croslin of Lubbock; a sister, Mrs. Allie George of Lubbock; a brother, Fred V. Jones of El Paso; and four grandchildren.


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