JONES, Manuel

Manuel E. Jones Buried With Military Honors-Blackwater Funeral services with military honors were held for Manuel E. Jones, 23, Pima Indian, at Blackwater Friday afternoon. Jones died January 8th as the result of an automobile accident In Tacoma, Washington, where he was serving with Company P-116th Medical Corps. His body was shipped to Biackwater for burial, accompanied by Corporal Kenneth M O'Donnel as military escort. Reverend George Walker officiated at the rites in Biackwater Presbyterian Church, which were followed at Biackwater Cemetery with a military burial in which members of Coolidge American Legion and soldiers stationed here performed military rites and sounded taps above the grave. Jones Is survived by two sisters and an uncle, who live at Blackwater. The Coolidge Examiner January 23, 1942