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Josephine “Ovie” Young Jones

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
30 Nov 1977 (aged 75)
White House, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Josephine "Ovie" (Young) Jones was born on December 6, 1901 in Tennessee, the daughter of Joseph Andrew Young (1878–1939) and Letitia T "Tishie" (Sanders) Young (ca 1879– ). {Ovie was listed as Josie Jones as the informant on her father's Death Certificate.}

A marriage license was issued in early September 1921 for the marriage of Ovie Young and Tandy Lewis Jones (1898–1977), the son of James Tandy Lewis Jones and Mattie Ann (Belt) Jones.

Ovie was 75 years old and a widow when she passed away on November 30, 1977 at a local hospital.

Survivors included daughters Avra Brown and her husband Harold Brown in Portland, Tennessee and Dorothy Greene and her husband George Greene of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, sons Ray Jones in Portland, Donald Jones of Goodlettsville and Frank Jones and Harvey Jones of Cottontown, seventeen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two 2nd-great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held on December 2nd at Cole & Garrett Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on December 1, 1977
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Josephine "Ovie" (Young) Jones was born on December 6, 1901 in Tennessee, the daughter of Joseph Andrew Young (1878–1939) and Letitia T "Tishie" (Sanders) Young (ca 1879– ). {Ovie was listed as Josie Jones as the informant on her father's Death Certificate.}

A marriage license was issued in early September 1921 for the marriage of Ovie Young and Tandy Lewis Jones (1898–1977), the son of James Tandy Lewis Jones and Mattie Ann (Belt) Jones.

Ovie was 75 years old and a widow when she passed away on November 30, 1977 at a local hospital.

Survivors included daughters Avra Brown and her husband Harold Brown in Portland, Tennessee and Dorothy Greene and her husband George Greene of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, sons Ray Jones in Portland, Donald Jones of Goodlettsville and Frank Jones and Harvey Jones of Cottontown, seventeen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two 2nd-great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held on December 2nd at Cole & Garrett Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on December 1, 1977


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  • Created by: Syd Gardner
  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234238262/josephine-jones: accessed ), memorial page for Josephine “Ovie” Young Jones (6 Dec 1901–30 Nov 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234238262, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Syd Gardner (contributor 47902230).