JONES, Marshall Abner, born 25 Nov 1892, Clifton, Tennessee, son of Joseph Allen and Betty Jo HELTON JONES, grandson of Allen and Sarah E. AUSBIN JONES and John D. and Sarah E. BLEVINS HELTON, great-grandson of Allen and Martha JONE
S and John Richard and Nancy BUIE HELTON.
He enlisted in the US Navy on 8 July 1917 at Jackson, Tennessee, was inducted at Nashville, TN and served aboard the USS Gulfport. Spent some time in Cuba, France, and was discharged aboard the USS Buford on 27 Aug 1919. His mother, sister, several aunts and cousins died in the T. B. epidemic in the early 1920’s. Thinking it was healthier, he moved from Clifton to a country farm. He farmed and was a carpenter by trade.
He married on 31 Dec 1919 Flora Mae COPELAND, the daughter of James D. and Leona STEELE COPELAND. To them were born six children:
1. Joseph Warren JONES, b. 1 Nov 1920, d. 5 Jan 1975
2. Nellie Mae JONES, b. 23 Sep 1922
3. Jimmy Juanita JONES, b. 17 Nov 1924
4. Vada Elizabeth JONES, b. 27 Oct 1926
5. Ova Jean JONES, b. 31 Dec 1929
6. Marshall Copeland JONES, b. 23 July 1932, d. 23 Oct 1983.
Marshall A. JONES died 13 Feb 1972 and is buried at Lutts, Tennessee. Flora Mae COPELAND JONES died 23 Jan 1983 and is also buried at Lutts.
Were there several Flora Mae Copelands in the area. My dad’s maternal grandmother was a flora Copeland(Gann).No cemetery finds yet.