Family Group Sheet
NameGordon Linville Jones, 2C2R
Birth11 Jan 1923, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death27 Mar 1984, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
BurialClearfield (Bradley) Cemetery, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherRoscoe Jones (1899-1968)
MotherAlberta ("Bertie") Hardin (1904-1980)
Other spousesMartha “Marti” Louise McBrayer, 1C1R
SpouseEthel J. Jones , Half 4C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
FatherJohn Sanford Jones (1902-1972)
MotherBessie Hargis (1904-1990)
Other spousesClinton Carl Swim
Children
1 MGordon Linville (“Jay Jay”) Jones Jr. , 3C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Gordon Linville Jones
The Kentucky birth index lists Gordon L. Jones, born 11 Jan 1923 in Rowan Co., mother’s maiden name Alberta Hardin.
There is a picture on p. 144 of the Pictorial History of Rowan County captioned “Gordon Linville Jones Sr., 1936, on his horse Dixie that he rode from his home at Slab Camp, Kentucky, to Clearfield, Kentucky, so that he could catch the school bus and attend Morehead High School. It was a distance of 8 miles.”
Social Security Death Index lists Gordon Jones, b. 11 Jan 1923, d. Mar 1984, SSN 403-20-9271 issued in Kentucky, last residence Clearfield, KY.
His obituary in the Morehead News says “Gordon Linville Jones, 61, of Dry Creek Road, Clearfield, died Tuesday March 27, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington. A native of Rowan Co., he was the son of the late Roscoe and Alberta Hardin Jones. Mr. Jones was a farmer and a former Rowan Co. School bus driver. He was a veteran of World War II and belonged to the First Baptist Church in Morehead. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Swim Jones; a son, Gordon Linville (J.J.) Jones Jr., Clearfield; a daughter, Pamela Fleck, Wabash, Ind., a stepson, Larry Swim, Clearfield; a stepdaughter, Joyce Castle, Morgantown, WV; two grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren.”
There is a picture on p. 144 of the Pictorial History of Rowan County captioned “Gordon Linville Jones Sr., 1936, on his horse Dixie that he rode from his home at Slab Camp, Kentucky, to Clearfield, Kentucky, so that he could catch the school bus and attend Morehead High School. It was a distance of 8 miles.”
Social Security Death Index lists Gordon Jones, b. 11 Jan 1923, d. Mar 1984, SSN 403-20-9271 issued in Kentucky, last residence Clearfield, KY.
His obituary in the Morehead News says “Gordon Linville Jones, 61, of Dry Creek Road, Clearfield, died Tuesday March 27, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington. A native of Rowan Co., he was the son of the late Roscoe and Alberta Hardin Jones. Mr. Jones was a farmer and a former Rowan Co. School bus driver. He was a veteran of World War II and belonged to the First Baptist Church in Morehead. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Swim Jones; a son, Gordon Linville (J.J.) Jones Jr., Clearfield; a daughter, Pamela Fleck, Wabash, Ind., a stepson, Larry Swim, Clearfield; a stepdaughter, Joyce Castle, Morgantown, WV; two grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren.”
