Biography of James JONES, Scott Co, Arkansas

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Contributed by Delaine Edwards.
Aug 6 1999

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	The material transcribed below is from a special edition of the 
Scott County Advertiser newspaper of 3 April 1991, entitled "A Salute to 
Scott County Citizens 90 Years and Over." The interviews were done as
part of a celebration of the Bank of Waldron's 90th anniversary. They are
arranged alphabetically for presentation here. Pictures were included 
with these short biographies.

JONES, James: James Jones was born to Margaret (George) and Julius
Martin Jones in Yell County, Arkansas on August 12, 1893. He was raised
at Centerville, Arkansas where he attended school. He is a Methodist and
was a miner in his younger days. He had five brothers and three sisters.
He is a veteran of World War I, lived in Monroe, LA for 20 years, and
traveled a lot, to both the East and West coasts. He and his wife Marie
(Brosset) had four sons and three daughters: Virginia Bird of Fort Smith,
Douglas M. Jones of Tulsa, Lucille Cowsert of Dallas, James Jones of
Boothe, Bobby Ray of Springfield, and Delores Robertson of Boothe.