Hello everyone,

My name is Ransom Marion Blevins great grandson of Loyd S. Jones. My mother Tina Blevins who is the Daughter of Bertha Mae Hurley told me about this site. I am always asked about my name and can only reply with the stories I had heard growing up. I am currently in the process of picking out a name for my son who is supposed to be born the end of January, and In doing so it has rekindled my interest in my namesake. I really enjoyed all of the information provided on this site and appreciate the time spent in doing so. Hopefully I can plan a trip back to Oklahoma and make it to another family reunion. Again thanks for the effort in creation/managing this site.

 

Sincerely

Ransom Blevins  

Greetings again:
The fund for the marker to be placed on the graves of the three young Jones brothers in the Chelsea cemetery is complete. Thanks for the great response! I have totaled the pledges and have reduced the donations of $50 or more to just $31.50 to prevent collecting too much money. If you pledged under $31.50 just send the original amount promised.

The following grandchildren and children (and their families) of Deck and Lottie Jones are sending donations to honor their uncles mentioned above their parents listed below.

Franklin and Janet Jones Howard and their children (Herbert Wesley Jones, 1920-2006)
Gene and Pat Jones Moore and their children (Herbert Wesley Jones)
Randall Murphy (Orpha Odessa Jones Briggs, 1917-2002)
Carolyn Thulin Kinney (Lois Irene Jones Thulin, 1934-1980)
Donnie and Judy Westbrook Marrs (Ruth Jones Marrs, 1916-2005)
Steve and Theresa Mize Jones (Earl Thomas Jones, 1927-1999)
Ron (Bunk) and Pam Williams Jones and family (John Cliff Jones, 1919- )
Larry and Terry Briggs and their children (Orpha Odessa Jones Briggs)
Gene and Bertha Mae Jones Hurley (Loyd Scantling Jones, 1911-1998)
Nathan and Cindy Jones Chamberlain (Loyd Scantling Jones)
Jayson and Stephanie Jones Stacy (William Edward Jones, 1937- )
William E. and Dorothy Jones (Dexter (1879-1961, & Lottie Huckaby Jones, 1889-1959)
Meredith and Ruth Martens Rogers (Rachel Mae Jones Martens, 1925- )
Children and their families of (Mary Madeline Jones Howard, 1922-1992)
Children and their families of (Sarah Juanita Jones Cook, 1923- )

Just send your checks made out to Larry Briggs, P.O. Box 999, Sperry, OK 74073. I will email you from Cancun with the next report. Just joking!! Again, do not send more than $31.50 to the fund. If you have already mailed a check for more than $31.50, I will send a refund.

Brad recorded the stories told by John C., Rachel, Frank and Bill. I have not had a chance to edit the files yet, but if you want the raw recordings I have linked to them below. The files are in mp3 format and should play on iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc. Just right click on the link for each file, then left click on “Save Target As” (Verbiage may vary depending on your browser). A window should pop up, choose “Save”.
Jones Reunion 2008 Part 1 23 Meg
Jones Reunion 2008 Part 2 47 Meg

If you would like these files in a cd format, just send us your mailing address and we’ll get a copy to you.

Hey fellow Joneses:
Thanks for attending the wonderful and very comfortable reunion at Lutherhoma, owing in part to the excellent weather.  We were treated to many amusing and nail-biting stories from John C., Rachel, Frank and Bill and had great fellowship.  Saturday morning featured the 42nd Annual Jones Breakfast and the family dinner at noon.  Friday and Saturday nights featured the annual gospel singing, which included quality guitar accompaniment by James Briggs of Sperry, OK and Ronnie Jones of Canon (pronounced Canyon) City, CO, and vocals by everyone in attendance.
 
On a similar note:
Donnie Marrs, Steve Jones, Ron (Bunk) Jones and Larry Briggs have commissioned a small grave stone for the three Jones brothers who died at very young ages.  These three (James Paul, Joseph Marion Leo Critenton) are buried in the Chelsea cemetery.  Please email me your pledge if you wish to help pay the $400 cost and I will publish a list of donors later.  The four cousins mentioned above will donate about half the total cost. 
Many thanks,
Donnie, Steve, Ron and Larry

UPDATED: 8-25-08
Greetings again:

The fund for the marker to be placed on the graves of the three young Jones brothers in the Chelsea cemetery is growing. The following grandchildren (and their families) of Deck and Lottie Jones are sending donations to honor their uncles mentioned above.

Franklin and Janet Howard and their children (Herbert Wesley Jones, 1920-2006)

Gene and Pat Moore and their children (Herbert Wesley Jones)

Randall Murphy (Orpha Jones Briggs, 1917-2002)

Carolyn Kinney (Lois Jones Thulin, 1934-1980)

Donnie and Judy Marrs (Ruth Jones Marrs, 1916-2005)

Steve and Theresa Jones (Earl T. Jones, 1927-1999)

Ron (Bunk) and Pam Jones and family (John C. Jones)

Larry and Terry Briggs and their children (Orpha Jones Briggs)

We currently have $285 in the fund and need only $115 more to complete the purchase. Write now to be included.

Thanks,

Larry

We realized there was no way to contact anyone from the website.
I set up a “Contact Us” email link. You’ll find it over on the right column.
Please send any feedback, pictures, stories, etc to this address. That will go to Brad and myself.
Of course if you have our personal email addresses you can certainly send it there too.