Person:Nona Bownds (1)

Myrtle Bownds Jackson's 1970 obituary said her sister 'Mrs. Roy Jackson of Galena Park' was a surviving sister. I had Roy Jackson of Galena Park in the data base. So checking the Texas Birth Index I was able to find Roy's wife and children.

Note: Tombstone photograph on Find A Grave webpage lists 22 Apr 1918 as DOB, which correlates with Texas Birth Index records (Citation 1). However, Memorial information on Find A Grave webpage (including obituary) lists DOB as 21 Apr 1918.

Obituary retrieved from Find A Grave website: Rockdale Reporter Feb 5, 2009 Jackson Services for Nona Dee Bownds Jackson, 90, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Salty Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the funeral home. Mrs. Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 1, at her granddaughter's home in Cleveland. She was born April 21, 1918, to Jack and Annie Bownds. She married Roy Jackson in Milam County in 1937 and moved to Houston. They lived in Galena Park from 1939 to 1984, then moved to Deer Park. They enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping and gardening, and they usually had a grandchild or two with them. After Mr. Jackson died in 1985, Mrs. Jackson continued farming and hunting. She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Moda and wife Bertile Bownds, Bud and wife Nadine Bownds; and a sister, Myrtie and husband Hubert Jackson. Survivors are a daughter, Claire and husband Raymond Pritchard of Channelview; five sons, Lloyd and wife Carol Jackson of Livingston, Ron Jackson of Jonestown, Don and wife Sandra Jackson of LaPorte, Dale and wife Debbie Jackson of Friendswood, Paul Jackson of Galena Park; a brother, Jackson (Woody) Bownds of Rockdale; two sisters, I.B. Bownds of Rockdale, Lorene and husband Bud Fredricks of Conroe; and two sisters-in-law, Alta Ray Caffey and Bernice Caffey Moore, both of Rockdale; also, 13 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

1. ↑ Texas, United States. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave
   Memorial# 33690936.

   Tombstone photograph on Find A Grave webpage lists 22 Apr 1918 as DOB, which correlates with Texas Birth Index records (Citation 1). However, Memorial information on Find A Grave webpage lists DOB as 21 Apr 1918.