Individual Details

1900 Census. Smith Twp, Laclede, MO, Hh 235
James Bethurem, b. Mar 1847, age 53, married 23 years, b. KY - parents b. KY
Mary J., wife, b. Mar 1855, 45, 8 children - 7 are living, b. MO, parents b. KY
William, son, b. Sep 1880, 19, b. MO as were all the children
Florence, dau, b. Jan 1883, 17.
Susie, dau, b. Jan 1886, 14
James L., son, b. Oct 1887, 12
Harrison, son, b. Apr 1891, 9
Johnie, son, b. Sep 1894, age 5

Texas Death Certificate #72686.
Florence Elizabeth Jones died at Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, Neuces, Texas on 1 Nov 1965, age 82. She died of pneumonia and cardiac failure. Her residence was Rt. 3, Box 105, Corpus Christi, where she had lived for 15 years. Florence was born in Missouri, 27 Jan 1883 and was widowed at the time of her death. Her father was James Land Bethurem; her mother Mary Mayfield. The informant was Mrs. Ralph Harrison. The body was removed to Lebanon, MO for burial in Lebanon Cemetery.

Social Security Claims Index with the date 5 Oct 1965, states she was born 27 Jan 1883 in South Land, MO. Her father James L. Bethurem; her mother Mary J. Mayfield.

Corpus Christi Times, Monday, 1 Nov 1965
Mrs. Florence Jones
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Jones, 82, of Rout 3, died at 8:15 a.m. today in a local hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Jones moved to Corpus Christi 15 years ago from Lebanon, Mo. She was a member of the Lebanon Second Baptist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Aubry L. Jones of Clio, Michl, and Robert Jones of Lebanon; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Harrison of Corpus Christi and Mrs. Bob Porter of Ingleside; a brother, Johnny Bethurem of Springfield; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The body will be sent to Lebanon for funeral services and burial. Local arrangements are under direction of Dunne-Langham Mortuary.

The Springfield News-Leader, Springfield, MO, 4 Nov 1965, Thur., p.38
MRS. FLORENCE E. JONES
Lebanon - Funeral services for Mrs. Florence E. Jones, 82, formerly of lebanon, will be at 1:30 pm today in Colonial Chapel here with the Rev. Bob Ebbersold officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones, who had lived in Corpus Cristi, Tex., for the past four years, died in a hospital there at 8:15 am Monday.
She was the widow of J. H. Jones of Lebanon, who died 18 years ago.
Surviving are two sons, Aubrey, Clio, Mich., and Robert, Lebanon; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Harrison, Corpue Christi, and Mrs. Ruby Porter, Ingleside, Tex.; a brother, John Bethurem, Springfield; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Birth	27 Jan 1883	Missouri
Marriage	12 Aug 1905	Laclede County, Missouri - Joseph Harvey Jones
Death	1 Nov 1965	Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Burial		Lebanon Cemetery, Laclede County, Missouri

Spouse	Joseph Harvey Jones (1875 - 1947)
Child	Aubrey Leon Jones (1907 - )
Child	Mary Gladys Jones (1908 - 1966)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Robert Ernest Jones (1919 - 1987)