To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 12/5/13 • Approved: 6/24/16 • Last Updated: 6/27/16 • R963052-G0-S3
August 19, 1909, Shady Grove, Baxter County, Arkansas
June 10, 2004, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
Son of Charles Baxter Jones & Lula Mae Bagwell Jones
Married Ruby Lorine Huber, September 26, 1934, Baxter County, Arkansas
*Obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
June 14, 2004:
Houston Alton Jones
Houston Alton Jones, 94, of Pine Bluff, died Thursday, June 10, 2004. He was born Aug. 19, 1909, in Shady Grove and was the son of Charles Baxter Jones and Lula Bagwell Jones.
He was a member of United Methodist Church. He was educated at Shady Grove School, now relocated and preserved as a historic site. He had many professional ventures, including machinery and tool making, agricultural lime plant management, saw mill management, home construction and manufacturing. He was involved in all aspects of road development for Baxter County during the 1930s. He worked on the historic Cotter and Henderson bridges. He was the owner/operator of H.A. Jones Woodproducts in Mountain Home and later Pine Bluff. In 1988, he was inducted into the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club Hall of Fame as a lifetime member. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Baxter Jones and Lula Bagwell Jones; two brothers, James Harlan Jones and John Howard Jones; and his wife, Ruby Huber Jones.
He is survived by his son, Royce Jones of Pine Bluff and Bruno; his grandchildren, Karen Jones Satterfield and Thomas Jones of Little Rock; and his great-granddaughter, Julia Kennedy Satterfield of Little Rock.
A memorial service will be 6 p.m. Tuesday at Roller Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Frances of Fairview United Methodist Church officiating. Private interment will follow on a later date at Mountain Home Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to The Fairview Methodist Church, c/o Larry Colburn, 1596 CR 635, Mountain Home, AR 72653-7684. Visit an online obituary and guest book at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
(Photo courtesy of Larry Havner)
Contributed on 12/5/13 by maxparnell
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 963052