Individual Details

Perry Lee Jones

(16 Apr 1916 - 2006)

Events

Birth16 Apr 1916Norfolk, Virginia, United States
ReligionAbt 1928member of Epworth Methodist Church - Norfolk, Virginia, United States
MiscellaneousBet 1931 and 1935earned a scholarship in Latin through a statewide test, however the scholarship was rescinded when it was learned that Perry was NOT a male and could not attend the all-mail school - Maury High School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Education1936 - 1937spent her junior year and 'recalls having seen Hitler, who would sit on the back seat of an open car during parades, and that folks would shout "heil, Hitler" as he passed.' - Munich, Germany
Residence1937936 Graydon Ave, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Occupation1938 - 1942taught Biology and Chemistry - Peace Junior College, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Graduation1938Duke University
Occupation1942chemist - Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Marriage6 Nov 1943 or 7 Nov 1943parents' home on Graydon Ave, Norfolk, Virginia, United States - John Thomson Cumming
PictureAbt 19732 photos: with husband and extended family
MiscellaneousAft 1975served as deaconess, member of the women's circle, reading, duplicate bridge, the republican party and gardening. Became Master Gardener.
Miscellaneous1987attended 50th reunion with Munich group
Residence27 Aug 1993Outside Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Death2006Memorial Hospital of Geneva, Ohio, United States
Miscellaneoussee story on diamond and sapphire ring from Sri Lanka and trip around the world
Obit

Families

SpouseJohn Thomson Cumming (1917 - 1975)
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FatherHarry Tudor Jones (1888 - 1979)
Mother* Catherine Wylie Roddey (1891 - 1990)
SiblingCatherine Roddey "Kitty" Jones (1917 - 2007)
Sibling* Harry Tudor Jones Jr (1920 - 2013)
SiblingJoseph 'Roddey' Jones (1922 - 2007)
Sibling* Randolph Lee "Randy" Jones (1924 - 2018)

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