Dorothy Adelaide Goode Jones

Background

Jones, Dorothy Adelaide Goode was born on October 27, 1921 in Palmyra, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Norris and Sarah A. (Smith) Goode.

Education

Diploma, Brown's Business College, 1940.

Career

Public, editor, The Virden (Illinois) Recorder, since 1948; public, editor, The Girard (Illinois) Gazette, since 1948; public, editor, Farmersville (Illinois) Press (now Panhandle Press.), since 1965; public, editor, Northwestern News, Palmyra, Illinois, since 1969.

Achievements

• Dorothy Adelaide Goode Jones has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Choir director 1st Christian Church, Virden, 1959-1999, trustee, since 1983, adult Sunday school teacher, since 1986, elder, since 1993. Member National Newspaper Association, Illinois Press Association, Southern Illinois Editorial Association (Newspaper Column award), Philanthropic and Educational Organization (chaplain 1986-1990).

Connections

Married Charles Edwin Jones. Children: (twins) Nathan Edwin and Norris Edward, Martin E., Jo D Jones Apitz, Julie Jones Westerhausen.

Father:

Norris Goode

Mother:

Sarah A. (Smith) Goode

Spouse:

Charles Edwin Jones

child:

Martin E. Jones

child:

Jo D Jones Apitz Jones

child:

Julie Jones Westerhausen Jones

child:

(twins) Nathan Edwin and Norris Edward Jones