FUNERAL SERVICES 
MRS. DeALVA JONES 
SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1973 
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. THOMAS SCOTT, PASTOR 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME 
IN CHARGE 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
FOR 
1:00 P. M. 
OBITUARY 
Mrs. DeAlva Jones, the daughter of the late Mr. 
and Mrs. Pompey Jones, was born October 17, 
1928 at Claxton, Georgia. Mrs. Jones passed sud- 
denly at her home in Atlanta, Georgia on Mon- 
day, January 22, 1973. 
At the age of nine, she was converted and join- 
ed the St. John Baptist Church of this City under 
the pastorate of the late Rev. J. P. Pearson. She 
served faithfully on the Ushers Board and in the 
Choir until she moved to Atlanta some years ago. 
She was united in marriage to Mr. Brady Rat- 
liff; this union ended in divorce. 
She leaves to mourn two brothers, Mr. J. Ran- 
dolph Jones, Claxton, Ga.; Mr. Reno Jasper 
Jones, Vidalia Ga.; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Rock, 
Brunswick, Ga.; four aunts, Mrs. Novella Hens- 
ley and Mrs. Rosetta Jones, Claxton, Ga. Mrs. Co- 
rine Kent, Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Lillia Bryant, 
Pittsburgh, Pa.; one uncle, Mr .Raleigh Macon, 
Claxton, Ga. a grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Ann Ma- 
con, Claxton, Ga.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Zim- 
mer Ann Jones, one brother-in-law, Mr. Richard 
Rock, four nieces; one nephew; cousins and a 
host of other relatives and friends. 
Thus Star by Star declines 
Till all are past away; 
As morning high and higher shines 
To purer and perfect day.  
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family of the late Mrs. DeAlva Jones 
acknowledges with deep appreciation of the 
many telephone calls, flowers and other expres- 
sions of sympathy extended in this time of sor- 
row. 
ORDER OF SERVICES 
Processional 
Hymn 
Scripture 
Invocation______________Rev. James Benjamin 
Selection____________________________Choir 
God Will Take Care Of You 
Remarks_________________Dea. Julius C. Banks 
Dea. Norwood Terrell 
Mrs. Lillie B. Hayes 
Solo______________________Mr. Eugene Hagan 
Acknowledgement_________Mrs. Nita Bell Baker 
Eulogy____________________Rev. Thomas Scott 
Recessional 
Interment  Hagan Cemetery 
Hagan, Georgia 
She saw a hand you could not see 
Which beckoned her away; 
She heard a vocie you could not hear, 
Which would not let her stay 
And he who is Himself the giver and the gift 
The future glory, and the present the present 
smile. 
With the bright promise of the glad forever 
Will light the shadows of thee 
PALLBEARERS 
Deacons of St. John Baptist Church 
Julius C. Banks Charlie Blocker 
Sylvester Timmons Willie Bacon 
Edgar Freeman Donald DuPont 
FLOWER BEARERS 
St. John Baptist Church Usher Board