Martha Virginia Jones

1889 - 1965  (76 years)

• Name	Martha Virginia Jones
  Born	31 May 1889	Highland Co. VA
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Aug 1965	Highland Co. VA
  Buried	Monterey Cemetery, Monterey, Highland Co. VA
  	Grave location, obituary, biography, and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66564451
  Notes	OBITUARY The Highland Recorder (Monterey VA); 26 Aug. 1965 Mrs. Martha Jones Sterrett Beery died at her home in Monterey, Saturday, Aug. 21. Twice married she was the widow of Robet Sterrett who died in 1938, and the Rev. Dewitt A. Beery, who died in 1961. Mrs. Beery was a former resident of Staunton and Roanoke. She was born May 31, 1889 in Monterey, a daughter of Charles Pinckey Jones and Martha Wilson Jones. Survivors include two sons, Lt. Col. John Douglas Sterrett, Harrisburg, Pa. and Robert Sterrett of Fort Defience; four grandchildren, Sarah Sanders, Martha Lee, Robert McChesney and David Gordon Sterrett; six stepchildren; a sister, Mrs. George P. McCoy, of Monterey; four sister-in-law, Miss. Nannie K. Sterrett and Mrs. S. Tate Sterrett, both of Staunton, Mrs. R.C. Jones of Monterey and Mrs. T. R. Jones of Inglewood, Calif. and a number of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Beery was a graduate of Southern Seminary and Junior College at Buena Vista and Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg. She was a member of Monterey Methodist Church and was active in its work serving on the official board, teaching in the Sunday School, and in local and distant work of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. During the years she resided in Roanoke she was equally active in the Hunting Court Methodist Church. Services were held Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m. form the Monterey Methodist Church, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Kenneth D. Amstutz, the Rev. Samuel A. Stanley, Jr. of St. Johns Methodist Church in Staunton and the Rev. A. Hinkle Shumate. Interment was in Monterey Cemetery with Obaugh Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers were her nephews, Edwin B. Jones, George O. Wilson, J. Frank Wilson, Hamill D. Jones, S. Willson Sterrett, Van Sterrett and J. Conway Baker. Honorary pallbearers were Jacob H. Heveber, John H. Stephenson, Carl Gutshall, Dixie Shumate, S. L. Rexrode, Robert F. Green, Frank Terry, John J. Whitelaw, Cecil V. Kennedy, W. H. Dudley, J. C. Pritchard, Meade W. Stephenson, K. H. Beverage, Dr. T. E. Billingsley, P. L. Maury, C. P. Gillespie and E. W. Cox, Sr.
  Person ID	I30859	Master File
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family	Robert Sterrett,   b. 26 Apr 1885, Highland Co. VA ,   d. 01 Jul 1938, Highland Co. VA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	01 Sep 1915	Highland Co. VA
  	Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Name: Robert Sterrett Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 30 Birth Date: 1885 Birth Place: Highland Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1915 Marriage Place: Highland, Virginia Father: S. W. Mother: Ida K. Spouse: Martha VA. Jones FHL Film Number: 31997 Reference ID: p 62 #37
  Children	+ 1. Col. John Douglas Sterrett,   b. 06 Apr 1919, Augusta Co. VA ,   d. 15 Dec 1981, Raleigh, Wake Co. NC  (Age 62 years)   2. Robert Sterrett, Jr.,   b. ca 1925
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F13009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart