Amanda Bell Artis Jones (1916-2006).
In the 1920 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: on Stantonsburg & Wilson Road, farm manager June S. Artis, 30, wife Ethel, 26, and children James, 7, Edgar, 7, Manda Bell, 3, and farm laborer Edgar Exum.
In the 1930 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: farmer June S. Artis, 40, wife Ethel P., 34, and children James B., 17, Edgar J., 15, Amanda B., 14, and Gladys L. Artis, 5.
On 7 January 1937, Joseph Jones, 22, of Stantonsburg, son of Joseph and Jennie Jones, married Amanda B. Artis, 20, of Stantonsburg, daughter of June and Ethel Artis, in Stantonsburg. Methodist minister S. Chapman performed the ceremony in the presence of Amanda’s father June S. Artis and uncle C.E. Artis and Joseph’s sister Elizabeth Hardy.
In the 1940 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: farmer Joe Jones Jr. and wife Mandabelle, both 21.
In 1940, Joe Jones listed Amanda Bell Jones as his contact when he registered for the World War II draft.
Amanda Bell Artis Jones died 29 October 2006.
Photograph copied from funeral program in the possession of Beulah S. Williams, first cousin to Amanda Jones.
She was a nice looking woman and I loved how she was styling that hat!
Linda Tart
🙂 She was my great-grandfather’s first cousin.