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Submitted: 11/8/21 • Approved: 11/8/21 • Last Updated: 11/11/21 • R467562-G0-S3
1943-1951
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
A tragic accident Monday afternoon took the life of beautiful little Marilyn [sic] Kay Jones, 7 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jones. Little Marilyn [sic] was playing with little Patricia Black at the home of Mrs. Audrey Downs when her dress caught fire as she backed up to a stove to warm and she was fatally burned.
The accident occurred about 5:00 o'clock Monday afternoon but little Marilyn [sic] did not pass away until about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Downs was out of the house at the time the accident occurred, but upon hearing the screams of the youngsters rushed into the house, grabbed up a blanket and smothered the flames as quickly as possible, but even at that the little girl's clothing were almost entirely burned off her. According to reports, she was severely burned from just above her knees to her chin.
It is understood that Mrs. Jones had gone to take her husband to the Veteran's Vocational School at the time the accident occurred and had left the two little girls at home for a few minutes and they ran over to the Downs home and backed up to the stove to warm after the trip between the two houses and it was then that Marilyn [sic] caught her clothes on fire.
Funeral services were conducted from the local Church of Christ Wednesday afternoon with Minister Ernest Grizzard, former pastor, in charge. He was assisted by Minister B.M. Litton, also a former pastor.
Interment was in the Wheeler Cemetery with Kirk-Mason Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Pall bearers were: Billy J. Darnell, Audrey Downs, Al Thomas and Ed Trimble.
Flower attendants were: Vondell Starkey, Mrs. Ebb Farmer, Mrs. Ed Trimble and Mrs. Al Thomas.
Marilyn [sic] Kay Jones was born October 30, 1943 at Wheeler and passed away January 90, 1951 at the age of 7 years, 2 months and 9 days.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jones, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. J.J. Ayres. One brother, James Arnold, passed away in infancy.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XVIII Number 5, Thursday, January 11, 1951, Page 1)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Marylyn Kay Jones
Date of Birth: 30 Oct 1943
Gender: Female
Birth County: Wheeler
Father's name: Arnold Theron Jones
Mother's name: Ruby Eilene Ayers
Roll Number: 1943_0006
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Marylyn Jones
Death Date: 9 Jan 1951
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 4892
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Marylyn Jones
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1943
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Arnold Jones
Mother: Buby Ayres
Age at Death: 7
Death Date: 9 Jan 1951
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Contributed on 11/8/21
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