Wilson Daily Times, 5 March 1945.
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In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Tom Jones, 54, laborer, born in Ohio; wife Jannie, 39, born in Georgia; children Luburta, 22, Winsor, 18, Willie, 16, Oscar, 14, Annie, 11, Tom Jr., 5, and Acy B., 1; and grandson James Moore, 6.
In 1942, Thomas Jones Jr. registered for the World War II draft. Per his registration card, he was born 25 December 1923 in Wilson, N.C.; lived at Baily Road, Dorchester, Massachusetts, then 215 Pine Street, Cambridge, Mass., then 426 Pine Street, Cambridge, then care of John S. Isaacs, Ellendale, Delaware; his contact was Henrietta Whitlock, 211 Pine Street, Cambridge; and he worked for E.T. Webb, Janesville, Virginia.
On 16 October 1950, H.M. Fitts applied for a military headstone for Thomas Jones Jr. Per the application, Jones’ rank was Technician 5 and he served in the 810th Amphibious Truck Company. He was born 25 December 1923 and died 5 March 1944 and was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery.
You should not share his history just to the blacks it needs to be shared with the with the whites just as well I don’t have no idea what he did in the service, but he was in the army and we need to recognize it, and someone needs to study his history and share it and it needs to go to Washington DC along with his picture and be put up along with everybody else’s as well as down New Orleans. There’s an army. New Orleans. There’s an army museum. and if you can come up with more history on him and stories, specially, even before he went into the service, but what so amazing that he was born on Christmas Day why can’t you share that that’s very was born on Christmas Day what a special day even if we don’t know what day our Lord Jesus Christ was born they don’t matter it just don’t matter. I’m just glad that I had. My Lord. Jesus Christ is my savior. Whoever reads this, I hope they get it and share it to others because we all need to know what our Lord Jesus Christ means to us. It’s just not Christmas that he died on the on the cross for our scene and I will tell you what my name is Mark Potts and I sure have done my share of sins if anyone that happened, we have a problem because we can’t lie to ourselves because I asked Jesus be a big part of my heart and come in and be my savior. I pray for everybody I even pray for my ex-wife and her husband along with all my children. If we can’t do that, we have a problem please help everybody it don’t matter who it is do it do it like the little boy is getting a shot. He says do it do it?
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