Hello, everyone! I am slowly getting back into things after 10 days in Arkansas. We got to do some research while in Monticello and Warren, and one of the most exciting 'finds' was this obituary for my great-grandmother, Edna Brown Jones (daughter of John F.M. Brown and Mary Ann Marsh). This obit must have been in the Eagle Democrat, though the paper's name does not appear on this clipping; on the reverse side of the obit was news about folks in Sumpter. No date on the clipping, but Edna's tombstone says she died January 18, 1947. - ---------------------------- Mrs. Edna Brown Jones Dies in Wilmar Mrs. Edna Brown Jones, 64, died Saturday at her home, Wilmar, Route 1. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Devine, Mrs. Ruth Reap, Mrs. Blanche E. Harville; five sons, E.J. [sic--should be 'F.J.' for "Francis John"] Jones, Otis Jones, Jesse Jones, Earl Jones, and Ray Jones; three sisters, Mrs. Charlie Hargis, Mrs. W.T. Diffie, Mrs. Lillie Hughes; three brothers, Henry Brown, John Brown, Arch Brown. Services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 from the Valley Methodist church, with the Reverend Mr. Riggins officiating. Burial was made in Valley cemetery. Pall bearers were Virgil White, Dell Knowles, Benjamin Loveless, Herman White, Ervin Glennon ["Glennon" scratched out, 'White' written in pen beneath], James Glennon, Clemon Cox. - ---------------------------- Blanche Harville (wife of Sam Harville) was actually Edna Jones's stepdaughter. Blanche was the daughter of Edna's late husband, Charley Jones (d. 1925) and his first wife (name unknown). The big mystery in all this is, who in the world is Mrs. Ruth Reap? My dad and aunt Susie Chadwick have no knowledge of her. While we were in Monticello, my aunt Bobbie showed us a photo album kept by my grandmother. The album contained a photograph labelled "Ruth Jones". Could this be the same Ruth Reap mentioned in the obit? Needless to say, we would be very excited if anyone could help us out with this mystery! If anyone is interested in a photocopy of this obit, let me know and I will send it to you. Good to be back! --Melissa