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.
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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