Dr. P. E. Jones
     JACKSONVILLE (Spl) - Funeral, services for. Dr. Pearl Elcie Jones, 82, Ponta. will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Thompson-Elliott Funeral Home with the Rev. A. E. O'Conner officiating.
     Masonic graveside rites and burial will be in the Jacksonville city cemetery.
     Dr. Jones, one .of the pioneer physicians in Cherokee County, died Wednesday about 8 a.m. in a Jacksonville hospital following a brief illness.
     A native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County, he was a practicing physician for many years in the Lone Star community.
     He graduated from the Barnes Medical College of St. Louis in 1905 and returned to his home community to practice medicine. However, he previously had practiced medicine for five years in the community after passing the state board examination to practice while attending medical college, a procedure that was permitted at that time.
     Gov. O. B. Colquit appointed Dr. Jones as physician of the Rusk State Penitentiary in 1913 and he held this position for several years.
     In recent years, Dr. Jones had retired from the practice of medicine and had devoted his time to his Ponta farm.
    Survivors include his widow. Mrs. Lorena Jones, Ponta; and one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Virgie Jones, Sacul.

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Tyler Morning Telegraph
(Tyler, Texas)
28 May 1964, Thu Page 7