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David Thomas Pritchard
(1842-1924)
Alice Virginia Cox
(1850-1921)
Benjamin Franklin Burnham
(1857-1955)
Martha Louise Spence
(1862-1929)
Joseph Albert Pritchard
(1873-1945)
Sophia Love Burnham
(1886-1946)

Martha Louise Pritchard
(1920-2013)

 

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James Taylor Jones

Martha Louise Pritchard

  • Born: 25 Jan 1920, Norfolk City, Virginia
  • Marriage: James Taylor Jones in 1941
  • Died: 7 Feb 2013, Virginia Beach City, VA at age 93
  • Buried: Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia
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bullet  General Notes:

Obituary for Louise P. Jones - Published in The Virginian Pilot on February 12, 2013
Virginia Beach - Louise Pritchard Jones, 93, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013. Louise lived at Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach since April 2002.
One of eight children, Louise was a native of Norfolk and grew up in Newton Park. She graduated from Maury High School in 1937 and Madison College (James Madison University) in 1941, weeks after marrying her devoted husband, Taylor. They were married for 59 years until his death in 2000. During World War II, Louise was a draftsman for the Norfolk Naval shipyard in Portsmouth. After the war, she and Taylor made their home in Norfolk, where they lived for 40 years in Ingleside. Louise was a dietitian and elementary school teacher in the Norfolk City School System for 19 years. They moved to Virginia Beach in 1985.
Louise was a loving wife, mother, and friend, a masterful bridge player, an avid gardener and a dedicated member and Deacon of Squires Memorial Presbyterian Church. She brought to her life an optimistic joy grounded in honesty and integrity.
She is survived and will be dearly missed and always loved by her son, James Taylor Jones, Jr. of Virginia Beach; daughter, Martha Burnham Jones of Austin, TX; and sister, Lois Pritchard Carver of Montross, VA.
Louise was preceded in death by her husband, James Taylor Jones; her father, Joseph Albert Pritchard; her mother, Sophia Love Burnham; her sisters, Mildred Pritchard Vaughan, Iva Pritchard Newton and Farie Pritchard Buck; and her brothers, Alvah Benson Pritchard, Bruce Emmett Pritchard and Ernest Alpheus Pritchard.
A private family burial was held at Riverside Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be considered to Squires Memorial Presbyterian Church, 770 Ingleside Road, Norfolk, VA 23502. Arrangements by H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.hdoliver.com.

The SSDI records:
Louise P Jones
Born: 25 Jan 1920
Died: 7 Feb 2013
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Education: Madison College in Harrisonburg, VA - Class of 1941.


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Martha married James Taylor Jones in 1941. (James Taylor Jones was born on 5 Jul 1911 in Mooresville, Alabama, died on 17 Aug 2000 in Virginia Beach City, VA and was buried in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.)




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