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Granville E. Jones (October 14, 1900 – March 7, 1959) was a funeral director and Democratic politician from Philadelphia.

Jones was born in 1900 in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He moved to Philadelphia and graduated from the H. E. Dolan’s College of Mortuary Science, after which he worked as a funeral director.[1] Jones was also president of the Quaker City Funeral Directors Association.[2] In 1948, he was elected to the first of six terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[1] In 1953, he ran for City Treasurer of Philadelphia, but was unsuccessful. He died in office in 1959 and was buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Delaware County.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c PHR Biography.
  2. ^ a b Inquirer 1959.

Sources

  • "Rep. G.E. Jones Dies at Age 58". Philadelphia Inquirer. March 8, 1959. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  • "Granville E. Jones". Historical Biographies. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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