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The Daily Oklahoman 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
July 23, 1959

Bessie JONES, State Native, Is Dead at 66

Services will be a 2 p.m. Saturday in Goodwell for Mrs. Bessie Esther JONES, 66. Burial will be in Goodwell cemetery under the direction of Hahn-Cook funeral home.

Mrs. JONES died Wednesday at Wesley hospital after a heart attack.

Her parents came to Oklahoma as missionaries to the Indians, and Mrs. JONES was born in Tishomingo. She had lived in Oklahoma City for the past 19 years and was an active member of the Wesley Methodist church.

Surviving are two daughters, Lavine, and Mrs. W. B. COCKRELL; three sons, Jessie, Lloyd  and Burgess; two sisters, Mrs. Jenny Lind OLIVER and Mrs. M. S. BURRIS and 11 grandchildren.

SOURCE: OKBits