IT 
FUNERALSERVICES 
FOR THE LATE 
MISS ROSETTA JONES 
Saturday, January 19,1980 
2:00 P. M. 
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. E. M. SOLOMAN, OFFICIATING 
INTERMENT - MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
OBITUARY 
Miss Rosetta Jones, the daughter of the late Dea. Ruben 
and Mary Jones was born January 14, 1885 in the Mt. 
Pleasant Community, Tattnall County now Evans County, 
Georgia. She departed this life Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 
1980 at 3:25 a.m. in Savannah, Georgia. 
At an early age she joined the Mt. Pleasant Missionary 
Baptist Church. Until recent years she was an ardent worker 
in many departments of the church. She served as Treasurer, 
Teacher and Secretary of the Sunday School. She was also 
active in the Tattnall Missionary Baptist Association. She was 
a member of the NAACP. 
She was a graduate of Georgia State College (Savannah 
State College). She taught in the school systems of Tattnall 
and Evans counties and at Paris Island, S. C., for many years. 
She was recognized as Evans County High School Teacher of 
the Year. She retired through the State Department of 
Education June 1968. She was a member of the Georgia 
Retired Teachers Assn. 
During Miss Jones lifetime she reared many nieces and 
nephews. 
She leaves to mourn her passing three devoted nieces, 
Mrs. Bertha Brown, Mrs. Thelma Alexander of Savannah, 
Georgia and Mrs. Myrtle Brinson, Tampa, Fla.; also many 
other nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and 
friends. 
HOME AT LAST 
Home at last! Lifes voyage oer. 
Anchored safe on heavens blest shore. 
With the friends gone on before. 
Home at last! Home at last! 
PROGRAM 
Processional 
Hymn.......................................Church Choir 
Invocation ...........................Rev. Martin Bacon 
Scripture...........................Rev. James Benjamin 
Selection..................................Church Choir 
Remarks: 
As a Member...................Dea. Allen McClennon 
As a Friend....................Dea. Roosevelt Smith 
As a Neighbor....................Dea. Haywood Lee 
Acknowledgements...................Mrs. BeniceG. Macon 
Obituary .....................Read Silently  Soft Music 
Solo...............................Mrs. Varnedoe Brewton 
Eulogy................................Rev. E. M. Soloman 
Viewing of Remains ^J^l^. 
 
Recessional 
PALLBEARERS 
Deacons of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 
FLORAL BEARERS 
Ushers from Local Churches 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family of the late Miss Rosetta Jones wishes to 
thank their many friends and relatives for their kind expres- 
sions of sympathy and all acts of services rendered during 
this time of sorrow.