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Roscius Bruce Jones

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Roscius Bruce Jones

Birth
Navarro County, Texas, USA
Death
29 Jan 1956 (aged 84)
Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA
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Grimes, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Roscius Bruce Jones, pioneer farmer and rancher of western Oklahoma died at home in Reydon following a long illness.
Mr. Jones came to western Oklahoma in 1899 and settled at Cheyenne. In 1901 he homesteaded on a farm 11 miles north of the Roger Mills County seat. In 1918 he moved to Dempsey and lived in that community until 1942 when he went to Reydon to make his home. He has been a member of the Baptist church since 1902.
Mr. Jones was born in Navaro County, Texas on June 11, 1871. He married Ophelia E. Maltby on January 17, 1904.
He is survived by his wife, of the home address at Reydon, five daughters, Mrs. Daniel Allen of Sweetwater, Mrs. Drew Giddens of Spearman, Texas, Mr. A.W. Reeder of Amatillo, Texas, Mrs. Ray Mills of Myrtle Point, Oregon, and Mrs. Carl Lewis of Oklahoma City; five sons, Homer of Inglewood, California, R.B. Jr., Washington, D.C., Sam, stationed in Hawaii, Herb of Bridge4ville, California, and W.R. Dumas, Texas; 35 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Other survivors include three sister, Mrs. Cora Woods of Sayre, Mrs. Agnes Kendall of Cheyenne, and Mrs. Ruth Slater of Blooming Grove, Texas, and a brother, Rhett Jones of Roll.
A son and a daughter preceded him in death.
Services were held at the Reydon community building with Rev. Horace Woodard and Rev. Lynn Heard officiating. Interment was in the Dempsey Cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
Roscius Bruce Jones, pioneer farmer and rancher of western Oklahoma died at home in Reydon following a long illness.
Mr. Jones came to western Oklahoma in 1899 and settled at Cheyenne. In 1901 he homesteaded on a farm 11 miles north of the Roger Mills County seat. In 1918 he moved to Dempsey and lived in that community until 1942 when he went to Reydon to make his home. He has been a member of the Baptist church since 1902.
Mr. Jones was born in Navaro County, Texas on June 11, 1871. He married Ophelia E. Maltby on January 17, 1904.
He is survived by his wife, of the home address at Reydon, five daughters, Mrs. Daniel Allen of Sweetwater, Mrs. Drew Giddens of Spearman, Texas, Mr. A.W. Reeder of Amatillo, Texas, Mrs. Ray Mills of Myrtle Point, Oregon, and Mrs. Carl Lewis of Oklahoma City; five sons, Homer of Inglewood, California, R.B. Jr., Washington, D.C., Sam, stationed in Hawaii, Herb of Bridge4ville, California, and W.R. Dumas, Texas; 35 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Other survivors include three sister, Mrs. Cora Woods of Sayre, Mrs. Agnes Kendall of Cheyenne, and Mrs. Ruth Slater of Blooming Grove, Texas, and a brother, Rhett Jones of Roll.
A son and a daughter preceded him in death.
Services were held at the Reydon community building with Rev. Horace Woodard and Rev. Lynn Heard officiating. Interment was in the Dempsey Cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

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