Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Thomas William July 22, 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Wade Bishop jimbishop2@gmail.com April 13, 2012, 1:15 am DAILY TIMES ENTERPRISE 28th JULY 1894 THOMAS W. JONES DAILY-TIMES ENTERPRISE THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA 24 JULY 1894 pg 1 -------------------------------------- ASLEEP AT GREENWOOD The gates at Greenwood's family cemetery swung open yesterday afternoon to admit another inmate. On Sunday night, at a quarter past eight o'clock, Mr.Thomas W. Jones died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Mattie Davis, in this city. He had been stricken with paralysis a short time before and his death was not unexpected. All that medical skill and and tender nursing could do was done to alleviate his last hours. Surrounded by his wife, children and relatives, the brave spirit which had battled with the world for more than half a century, weary with the struggle, succumbed to death. He met it without a murmer. The deceased was born at Greenwood on the 9th day of February 1839 and would have been fifty six years old had he lived until his next birthday. He was the son of the late Thomas Jones and Mrs. Lavenia Jones. With the chivalry and flower of the southern youth, he enlisted in the 1st Georgia Regiment in 1861 and served in the army until the flag of the Confederacy was folded away forever. He was married to Miss Ella Capers on the 9th day of April. 1865, the day before which Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Not knowing of the collapse of the confederacy, the young soldier and bridegroom of a day, left home to resume his place in the army. Mrs. Capers was a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Capers and a niece of Bishop Capers. She, together with eight children, four boys and four girls, survives husband and father. Since the war, the deceased has given his attention to planting. He was a fond and loving husband, a most devoted father and a citizen without reproach. In the Shadow of the old homestead where he first saw light, he sleeps with his kindred. The funeral took place from the residence of Mrs. Davis on Crawford St. and was conducted by Dr. Thompson of the Methodist Church assisted by Rev. J.O.A. Branch. Quite a number of relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting place. The bereaved and sorely stricken family have the heartfelt sympathies of a large circle of friends in this, their hour of sorrow. May the great healer tenderly bind up their broken hearts. ..................................................DAILY T.E. JULY 24 1894 ..................................(transcribed by James Wade Bishop) Additional Comments: Thomas William Jones is buried in the Jones Family Cemetery on the grounds of Greenwood Plantation, Thomas County, Georgia. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb