Ardella Rebecca Jones

Ardella Rebecca Jones

• Father: William Peguese Jones b. 8 January 1860, d. 10 February 1913
• Mother: Ardella Louise Bishop b. 7 August 1867, d. 24 July 1961

• Ardella Rebecca Jones was born on 3 August 1897 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
• William Peguese Jones and Ardella Louise Bishop appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Brazos County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ardella Rebecca Jones, Leonard William Jones, Orestus Alvin Jones, Raymond Bishop Jones and Chester Arthur Jones.
• William Peguese Jones and Ardella Louise Bishop appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brazos County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ardella Rebecca Jones, Orestus Alvin Jones, Raymond Bishop Jones and Chester Arthur Jones.
• Ardella Louise Bishop appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brazos County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ardella Rebecca Jones, Chester Arthur Jones, Willie Gray Jones and Coy Sanford Jones.
• She married Drury Lane Helm, son of Willis Sparks Helm and Ellen Lane, circa 1921.
• Drury Lane Helm and Ardella Rebecca Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Bosque County, Texas, at Clifton Harmony Road.
• She officially witnessed the death of Drury Lane Helm on 28 August 1975 at Goodall & Witcher Hospital in Clifton, Bosque County, Texas.
• Ardella Rebecca Jones became a widow at the 28 August 1975 death of her husband Drury Lane Helm.
• Ardella Rebecca Jones died on 1 April 1980 at age 82 in Wichita County, Texas.
• She was interred at Clifton Cemetery, Clifton, Bosque County, Texas.
• The Ardella R. Helm Endowed Scholarship was established through a provision of the last will and testament of Ardella R. Helm for students who are studying home economics in the Department of Family Sciences, Texas Woman's University.

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2013

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders