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Author: julobush1
Surnames: Jones, Johnson, Maxwell, Conger
Classification: obituary
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Birth: Aug. 25, 1938
Las Vegas
Clark County
Nevada, USA
Death: Sep. 20, 2009
Overton
Clark County
Nevada, USA
Doug was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to William Albert and Phyllis Johnson Jones. On June
28, 1957 he married Joyce Maxwell in Overton, Nevada.
Doug lived his whole life in Overton, Nevada. As a young man, he went to one year of
technical school, before coming back to Overton. He started the Hardly Able Construction
Company with Cal Payne, doing construction work in the valley. Later he went to work at
the Nevada Test Site as a fire fighter. When he retired 33 years later, he was the
Assistant Fire Chief. He served his community as a volunteer firefighter and in the
Lion's Club. He had a great sense of humor. He loved hunting, fishing and being in the
outdoors.
Survivors include his sweetheart of 52 years, Joyce of Overton; two sons and one daughter,
Richard (Shelley) of Overton, NV; Cheryl (Mike) Burrows of Longmont, CO; Larry of
Logandale, NV; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; one brother, Glen (Josette)
of Sparks, NV and one sister, Cathy (Dan) Heiner of Vernal, UT.
Funeral services will be Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Overton LDS 2nd
Ward Chapel. Visitation will be from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the chapel.
Interment will follow in the Pioneer Hill Memorial Cemetery in Overton und
Family links:
Parents:
William A. Jones (1918 - 1974)
Phyllis J. Jones (1918 - 1968)
Burial:
Pioneer Hill Cemetery
Overton
Clark County
Nevada, USA
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