Submitted by Wendall Steven.
19 December 1997
Mr. Arthur Shamblin Jones, age 87, passed away December 30, 1997. Mr. Jones was born June 15, 1910 in Bluffton, Ala., but
raised in Rome. He retired from the U. S. Civil Service in 1978 as Comptroller of the Language School at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Columbus, and was a Mason. He is preceded in death by
his parents, Thomas L. Jones and Alpha Billingsley; and wife, Ruth Hamrick Jones. He is survived by Ann Simpson, of Decatur,
Jackie Jones, Atlanta, Richard Jones, of Jonesborough, Tommy Jones, Rome, and several other nieces and nephews. Funeral
services were held Thursday, January 1, 1998 at 11 a.m., in Northview Cemetery, Cedartown, with the Rev. Frank Mann, Pastor
of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Columbus, officiating. Gammage Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.