Obituary:
"Mrs. Lottie Jones, wife of Ben Jones, died at her home in Thornton, on Friday, March 25th. Internment was in the Jones cemetery, and Rev. Cagle of Thornton officiating. She is survived by her husband and eight children, Carlene, Glen, Hubert, Herbert, Louise, Bernice, Myrlene, and Benny Ray. Also five sisters, Mrs. E. Q. Launius, Mrs. Jewel Moore, and Dalton Pugh of Sheridan, Mrs. C. J. Thomas, Misses Carrie, and Jocie Pugh of Birmingham, Alabama, and Grady Pugh of Beatty, Oregon."
She was the daughter of William Wilson Pugh & Laney Estelle Garrett Pugh, as well as the granddaughter of Tignal Richard Pugh & Martha Adeline Bailey Pugh, and Peter Martin Garrett & Harriet Ann Elizabeth Maddox Garrett.
She was the mother of Carolyn Zeda Jones Manning, Glen Franklin Jones, Hubert Jones, Herbert Jones, Lillian Lavonia Jones, Annie Louise Jones Marek, Dovie Bernice Jones, Gladys Myrlene Jones Donahue, and Benny Ray Jones.
Cause of Death: Myocarditis
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Lottie was one of my maternal 2nd great grandmothers. and she died far too young.
Here's her story.
Lottie was born on December 7, 1898, in Pickens County, Alabama, to William Wilson Pugh and Lanie Estelle Garrett Pugh. Lottie was the oldest of 10 children. Her siblings were Bertha Mae (1899), Fannie Lou (1900), Annie Lee (1904), Raymond Martin (1905), Grady Davis (1907), Emogene (1909), Dalton Franklin (1911), Carrie Belle (1913), and Ruby Louise (1915).
I have several photos of Lottie with her entire family. One of which is a group photo with her, her husband, and their first child in the far left of the photo. The rest of the group is her siblings and their spouses. Her parents are seen sitting in front of the entire group.
My great great aunt, Ruth Harper Jones, was an amateur Genealogical sleuth. She had a huge 4 inch binder, completely dedicated to her husband's family....my family.... the Jones/Pugh Family. Almost all of my information for that side of my research is completely added on from her own research. I was able to interview her in person. She let me photo copy and digitize all of her work that she'd gathered for the past 3 1/2 decades. Ruth was the wife of my 2nd Great Uncle, Herbert Jones. She passed away in 2010.
Lottie comes from a long line of very successful farmers. Her Pugh and Garrett bloodlines hail from the Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties of Alabama as well as Butts County, Georgia. Her four grandparents were Tignal Richard Pugh, Martha Adeline Bailey Pugh, Peter Martin Garrett, and Harriett Anne Elizabeth Maddox Garrett. Peter's parents, Lottie's Great Grandparents, were Irish Immigrants: James Madison Garrett and Edith Chaina Garrett.
The first census for Lottie to appear in is the 1900 census of Pickens County, Alabama. She was 2 years old. She was living with her parents (ages 31 and 23), and her sister Bertha (age 1). They lived on the same street, 2 houses down, from her paternal grandparents, Tignal and Martha.
By 1904, her family moved to the Princeton, Arkansas area. This was the same year her sister Annie was born.
On October 8, 1916, Lottie married my 2nd Great Grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Jones, in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was 17, and he was 21.
Together they had 9 children: Carolyn Zeda (1917), Glen Franklin (1919 - my great grandfather), Hubert (1921), Herbert (1921), Lillian Lavonia (1923), Annie Louise (1925), Dovie Bernice (1927), Gladys Myrlene (1929), and Benny Ray (1932).
According to the 1920 census, when Lottie was 22, she never attended school, but she was able to read and write.
Her family was absolutely huge. Being a child of 10 is already impressive, but being the mother of 9 children, as well as an aunt of at least 14 more children is astonishing. Her family spread out to the corners of Sheridan, Rison, Tinsman, and Camden, Arkansas. There are a TON of hers and her siblings' descendants still residing in those areas today.
Lottie's first meeting with death happened in 1923 when she was 24 years old. During that year on January 22nd, her father passed away at 54 years old, due to apoplexy. In that era, apoplexy was used to describe a massive stroke or brain hemorrhaging. Closing out the year on December 12th, death entered her own home and stole something more precious; her daughter. I remember my great grandfather, Glen Franklin Jones (Lottie's son), describing the event to my grandfather, Glen Edward Jones. From what was told, Lillian (age 1 year and 7 months) was toddling around the family's living room. She was wearing a long cotton night gown. A fire was roaring in the fireplace while she played, and my great grandfather was sitting in the room. Lillian accidentally tripped on the fabric of the dress that dragged below her feet. It thrusted her forward head-first into that fireplace. With cotton being highly flammable, her dress ignited immediately. Before anyone could get her out of the fire's grip, she succumbed to her burns.
I don't know what it would remotely be like to lose a child, especially as vicious as that, but I can imagine it changes you forever. My heart breaks for Lottie having to endure pain like that. I can only guess that 1923 was burned into her head, both figuratively and literally, as one of the worst years of her young life.
The 1930 census is the last census Lottie ever appears in. She is 32 years old, living with her husband and 7 of their children in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She and her husband, Benjamin, owned a decent sized farmland in that area.
In 1933, Lottie's mother passed away due to stomach cancer. Back in the 1930s, cancer research was still light-years away from the understanding and advancements that it is now. Cancer victims usually suffered a great deal without much relief. At 34 years old, Lottie had to watch another loved one suffer without any means to be able to help.
On March 25, 1938, death found her again, and this time it was final. Lottie died suddenly in her home, due to myocarditis. This condition is caused by inflammation of the lining of the heart due to a viral infection. She basically suffered a major heart attack. She was only 39 years old.
From what I understand, My Granddaddy Jones (great grandfather) adored his mother. She is projected as a humble and sweet homemaker. Granddaddy never mentioned her very much. I think it pained him to think of her, having lost her in such an abrupt way.
Lottie's life was saturated in equal extremes of joy and tragedy. She was surrounded by a family the size of a small army, but the ones she lost were stripped from her in such unfair ways. Even her own candle burned far too bright for this world, and, as such, was extinguished in the same fashion.
Upon Lottie's passing, she left behind her husband, 8 children, five sisters, and one brother.
As of today, Lottie has one child still living: Gladys Myrlene Jones Donahue. God willing, Myrlene will turn 95 this year on December 5th. She currently lives in the Dallas, Texas area.
Lottie was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Tinsman, Arkansas. Her husband, as well as several of her siblings and children were eventually buried in that cemetery as well. Everyone in the family referred to that burial ground as "The Home Place."
(Info given by Lottie's Great-Great Grandson, Bradley Haden Ainsworth Reynolds. Haden is the great grandson of Glen Franklin Jones & Maudie Marie Selman Jones, the grandson of Glen Edward "Buddy" Jones & Ola Jeannine Gray Jones Reaves, and the son of Michelle Renne Jones Ainsworth Swilling & Stephen Wayne Ainsworth)
Obituary:
"Mrs. Lottie Jones, wife of Ben Jones, died at her home in Thornton, on Friday, March 25th. Internment was in the Jones cemetery, and Rev. Cagle of Thornton officiating. She is survived by her husband and eight children, Carlene, Glen, Hubert, Herbert, Louise, Bernice, Myrlene, and Benny Ray. Also five sisters, Mrs. E. Q. Launius, Mrs. Jewel Moore, and Dalton Pugh of Sheridan, Mrs. C. J. Thomas, Misses Carrie, and Jocie Pugh of Birmingham, Alabama, and Grady Pugh of Beatty, Oregon."
She was the daughter of William Wilson Pugh & Laney Estelle Garrett Pugh, as well as the granddaughter of Tignal Richard Pugh & Martha Adeline Bailey Pugh, and Peter Martin Garrett & Harriet Ann Elizabeth Maddox Garrett.
She was the mother of Carolyn Zeda Jones Manning, Glen Franklin Jones, Hubert Jones, Herbert Jones, Lillian Lavonia Jones, Annie Louise Jones Marek, Dovie Bernice Jones, Gladys Myrlene Jones Donahue, and Benny Ray Jones.
Cause of Death: Myocarditis
-------------------
Lottie was one of my maternal 2nd great grandmothers. and she died far too young.
Here's her story.
Lottie was born on December 7, 1898, in Pickens County, Alabama, to William Wilson Pugh and Lanie Estelle Garrett Pugh. Lottie was the oldest of 10 children. Her siblings were Bertha Mae (1899), Fannie Lou (1900), Annie Lee (1904), Raymond Martin (1905), Grady Davis (1907), Emogene (1909), Dalton Franklin (1911), Carrie Belle (1913), and Ruby Louise (1915).
I have several photos of Lottie with her entire family. One of which is a group photo with her, her husband, and their first child in the far left of the photo. The rest of the group is her siblings and their spouses. Her parents are seen sitting in front of the entire group.
My great great aunt, Ruth Harper Jones, was an amateur Genealogical sleuth. She had a huge 4 inch binder, completely dedicated to her husband's family....my family.... the Jones/Pugh Family. Almost all of my information for that side of my research is completely added on from her own research. I was able to interview her in person. She let me photo copy and digitize all of her work that she'd gathered for the past 3 1/2 decades. Ruth was the wife of my 2nd Great Uncle, Herbert Jones. She passed away in 2010.
Lottie comes from a long line of very successful farmers. Her Pugh and Garrett bloodlines hail from the Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties of Alabama as well as Butts County, Georgia. Her four grandparents were Tignal Richard Pugh, Martha Adeline Bailey Pugh, Peter Martin Garrett, and Harriett Anne Elizabeth Maddox Garrett. Peter's parents, Lottie's Great Grandparents, were Irish Immigrants: James Madison Garrett and Edith Chaina Garrett.
The first census for Lottie to appear in is the 1900 census of Pickens County, Alabama. She was 2 years old. She was living with her parents (ages 31 and 23), and her sister Bertha (age 1). They lived on the same street, 2 houses down, from her paternal grandparents, Tignal and Martha.
By 1904, her family moved to the Princeton, Arkansas area. This was the same year her sister Annie was born.
On October 8, 1916, Lottie married my 2nd Great Grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Jones, in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She was 17, and he was 21.
Together they had 9 children: Carolyn Zeda (1917), Glen Franklin (1919 - my great grandfather), Hubert (1921), Herbert (1921), Lillian Lavonia (1923), Annie Louise (1925), Dovie Bernice (1927), Gladys Myrlene (1929), and Benny Ray (1932).
According to the 1920 census, when Lottie was 22, she never attended school, but she was able to read and write.
Her family was absolutely huge. Being a child of 10 is already impressive, but being the mother of 9 children, as well as an aunt of at least 14 more children is astonishing. Her family spread out to the corners of Sheridan, Rison, Tinsman, and Camden, Arkansas. There are a TON of hers and her siblings' descendants still residing in those areas today.
Lottie's first meeting with death happened in 1923 when she was 24 years old. During that year on January 22nd, her father passed away at 54 years old, due to apoplexy. In that era, apoplexy was used to describe a massive stroke or brain hemorrhaging. Closing out the year on December 12th, death entered her own home and stole something more precious; her daughter. I remember my great grandfather, Glen Franklin Jones (Lottie's son), describing the event to my grandfather, Glen Edward Jones. From what was told, Lillian (age 1 year and 7 months) was toddling around the family's living room. She was wearing a long cotton night gown. A fire was roaring in the fireplace while she played, and my great grandfather was sitting in the room. Lillian accidentally tripped on the fabric of the dress that dragged below her feet. It thrusted her forward head-first into that fireplace. With cotton being highly flammable, her dress ignited immediately. Before anyone could get her out of the fire's grip, she succumbed to her burns.
I don't know what it would remotely be like to lose a child, especially as vicious as that, but I can imagine it changes you forever. My heart breaks for Lottie having to endure pain like that. I can only guess that 1923 was burned into her head, both figuratively and literally, as one of the worst years of her young life.
The 1930 census is the last census Lottie ever appears in. She is 32 years old, living with her husband and 7 of their children in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She and her husband, Benjamin, owned a decent sized farmland in that area.
In 1933, Lottie's mother passed away due to stomach cancer. Back in the 1930s, cancer research was still light-years away from the understanding and advancements that it is now. Cancer victims usually suffered a great deal without much relief. At 34 years old, Lottie had to watch another loved one suffer without any means to be able to help.
On March 25, 1938, death found her again, and this time it was final. Lottie died suddenly in her home, due to myocarditis. This condition is caused by inflammation of the lining of the heart due to a viral infection. She basically suffered a major heart attack. She was only 39 years old.
From what I understand, My Granddaddy Jones (great grandfather) adored his mother. She is projected as a humble and sweet homemaker. Granddaddy never mentioned her very much. I think it pained him to think of her, having lost her in such an abrupt way.
Lottie's life was saturated in equal extremes of joy and tragedy. She was surrounded by a family the size of a small army, but the ones she lost were stripped from her in such unfair ways. Even her own candle burned far too bright for this world, and, as such, was extinguished in the same fashion.
Upon Lottie's passing, she left behind her husband, 8 children, five sisters, and one brother.
As of today, Lottie has one child still living: Gladys Myrlene Jones Donahue. God willing, Myrlene will turn 95 this year on December 5th. She currently lives in the Dallas, Texas area.
Lottie was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Tinsman, Arkansas. Her husband, as well as several of her siblings and children were eventually buried in that cemetery as well. Everyone in the family referred to that burial ground as "The Home Place."
(Info given by Lottie's Great-Great Grandson, Bradley Haden Ainsworth Reynolds. Haden is the great grandson of Glen Franklin Jones & Maudie Marie Selman Jones, the grandson of Glen Edward "Buddy" Jones & Ola Jeannine Gray Jones Reaves, and the son of Michelle Renne Jones Ainsworth Swilling & Stephen Wayne Ainsworth)
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