W. B. Jones OBITUARY [edited]
Ridgeway Journal
He was born December 2, 1860 and reared in and around this place and has spent nearly all his life in the dry goods business here...
He was born on a farm and worked hard at manual labor, but farming was too slow and monotonous for his nature and consequently, he left it and took a position with Jones & Griggs. From that he was an acknowledged successful handler of goods.
[...After a brief interlude with a similar firm in Leaksville, he returned to Ridgeway as a partner with his two Brothers-in-law, J. P. (James Price) and W. A. (William Allen) Garrett, General Merchandise.]
He bought the stock a short time later, moved into the old storehouse of Jones & Griggs and conducted the business there until the time of his death. He was a true friend, a perfect gentleman of the Old Virginia type and seemed to live to make others happy. No one ever lived in this community who had more friends...
from The Life and Times of Ridgeway, VA 1728-1990
W. B. Jones OBITUARY [edited]
Ridgeway Journal
He was born December 2, 1860 and reared in and around this place and has spent nearly all his life in the dry goods business here...
He was born on a farm and worked hard at manual labor, but farming was too slow and monotonous for his nature and consequently, he left it and took a position with Jones & Griggs. From that he was an acknowledged successful handler of goods.
[...After a brief interlude with a similar firm in Leaksville, he returned to Ridgeway as a partner with his two Brothers-in-law, J. P. (James Price) and W. A. (William Allen) Garrett, General Merchandise.]
He bought the stock a short time later, moved into the old storehouse of Jones & Griggs and conducted the business there until the time of his death. He was a true friend, a perfect gentleman of the Old Virginia type and seemed to live to make others happy. No one ever lived in this community who had more friends...
from The Life and Times of Ridgeway, VA 1728-1990
