Obituary
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Sallie Cargill Jones died at her home in Camden, at 11 o'clock Sunday night November 8th, 1908. Miss Jones was a member of one of Camden's first and most highly esteemed families. She was born in Virginia, Oct. 13, 1835, but most of her life was spent here, her father Rev. John Cargill Jones. Rev. Jones moving here in 1845. She is survived by a brother, Col. Ed N. Jones of Camden and a sister, Mrs. Kate Jones Richardson of Tuscaloosa. Reared in a Christian home she gave promise early in life of the woman of noble worth and influential force and grace which in after years she became.

At the time of her death she was an Honorary President of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and had always taken a prominent part in advancing and keeping alive the memory of the "Lost Cause." She was a prime mover in erecting the monument in Camden cemetery to the Confederate dead who gave their lives a willing sacrifice on the alter of their country and native land. She organized the first Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and in the state organization hers was the charter Chapter and she was chosen its first president.

She was a life time member of the Baptist church, an untiring church worker and zealous for every cause for good. In the absence of the Baptist minister her funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. P. Sanders and were largely attended. The interment occurred in Camden cemetery Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

In the early dawn of her life there were marks and evidences that hers was no ordinary mind, but of that incisiveness and strength and mental brightness that placed her in the higher ranks and made her foremost among her sex. Her natural gifts and tastes were cultivated and in polish and finish she was so equipped that the product of her pen and brush were used with intelligence and skill, her mind, with readiness and aptitude moving along the higher altitudes and in the broader spheres of thought and knowledge.

Alike also, was she possessed of a grace, strength and modesty which easily won for her position in society and made her the equal always of the ready and skillful, the wise and tactful in the promotion of any worthy cause, yet modestly feminine and possessed of the graces and refinements of true womanhood and withal, so brave and courageous as to never tire nor to abandon what she undertook to do. Her life was truly one of sacrifice: the poor, the suffering and needy had a large share in the labors of her hands and heart. The friendless and the orphans elicited from her, the deepest concern and her long and useful life was spent largely for others.

But it was in another sphere that her beautiful life was particularly conspicuous. This was as a lover and heroine of the "Lost Cause," a cause sacred and dear to every Southern heart. For more than forty years she has striven with untiring energy to bind in indisoluble bonds the memory of deeds of love and heroism.

With womanly grace Miss Sallie Jones fostered, led and sustained to her dying day the fame of men who sleep in honored graves and whose memory ...... to her but the gateway unto the "Better Land."

Published in The Wilcox Progressive Era
Camden, Alabama
Thursday, November 12, 1908

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Tribute to Miss Sallie Jones.
From The Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
In the death of Miss Sallie Jones the State has lost a lovely character. A teacher for several years, a writer of meritorious verse, a daughter of the Confederacy whom all daughters delighted to honor, she was a rare, sweet woman, one who exerted a wide influence along the best lines and there are many who will grieve at her death. The world is better for such women as Miss Sallie Jones.

Published in The Wilcox Progressive Era
Camden, Alabama
Thursday, November 26, 1908




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On March 26th 1896, Miss Sallie Cargill Jones was the founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Children of the Confederacy for the State of Alabama. She organized the first convention, which was held April 8-9, 1897- “for the purpose of perfecting a state organization.” Chapters representing the Alabama cities of Camden, Selma, Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Birmingham met at Montgomery City Hall.