Mildred E.McKissick Jones of 12 Ruth Place;Belle Vernon (Clair Manor)died Monday;April 20;1987;at 12:36 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. She was 70. Mrs. Jones was born March 9;1917 in Monessen;a daughter of the late Robert J. and Sadie Molby McKissick. She was a life-long resident of the Mon Valley area. Mrs.Jones was a member of the First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;the Ruth Circle of the church;the Belle Vernon and Charleroi Golden Agers;the AARP;and the Tuesday Evening Circle Club of Belle Vernon. In addition to her parents;she was also preceded in death by a daughter;Sandra Lee Hazelbaker;who died Sept.9;1982. Two half-brothers;George and Edward Fretz and two half-sisters;Florence and Hazel Fretz;are also deceased. Surviving are her husband;Edgar F.Jones;one son;Edgar F.Jones Jr;at home; one daughter;Mrs.Frank (Linda) Patrick;of Belle Vernon;11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the LEONARD J.PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME; 626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Thomas St.Clair;pastor;First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon; officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Florence Jackson of 32 Gibson Ave.;Washington;Pa.died Sunday;Aug.10;1986;at 5:40 p.m.at Pine Lawn Sanitarium in Houston;Pa. She was 90. She was born March 23;1896;in Richwood;W.Va.;a daughter of the late Henry and Josephine Monroe. Mrs.Jackson was preceded in death by her husband;Whitfeld Jackson;who died Aug.10;1941;and a brother;John Monroe;who died in 1956. Mrs.Jackson was a resident of Washington for the past five years;having moved there from the Green Hill area of Pricedale. She was a member of Pleasant Greene AME Church in Pricedale and was very active with the church until taking ill. She was a former mother and stewardess of the church. She is survived by three daughters;twins Mabel Bowman of Pricedale and Mazel Newhill of Duarte;Calif.;and Martha Chambers of Washngton;Pa.;a devoted son-in-law;Charles Chambers of Washington;Pa.;three grandchildren;Betty Lawson of Pricedale;James Jackson of Charleroi and Robert Steward;serving with the U.S.Navy in San Diego;Calif.;six great-grandchildren;four great-great-grandchildren;and a host of nephews and nieces and other relatives. Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.in the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;and Wednesday from 4 to 9 p.m.in the Pleasnt Green AME Church in Pricedale. Service in the church will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;former pastor of Pleasant Greene AME Church;officiating. Service will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Van Johnson of Fayette City R.D.1;died suddenly on Saturday;April 26;1986;in Charlottsville;Va. He was 56. Born in Newell on November 30;1929;he was a son of the late Van and Grace Swords Johnson. Mr.Johnson was a member of the Newell United Methodist Church and was a peacetime veteran of service in the U.S.Army. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Allenport Plant. Surviving are his widow;Dolores Rabatin Johnson;three sons;Edward Johnson and Larry Johnson;both at home;and Gerald (Jerry) Johnson of Charlottesville;Va.;six daughters;Mrs.Grace Freshwater of Fayette City R.D.1;Mrs.Mark (Linda) Davis of Belle Vernon R.D.;Mrs.Rita McShane of West Newton;Mrs.Dennis (Eileen) Kline of Delray Beach;Fla.;Joyce Johnson;at home;and Stacie Johnson;Morgantown;W.Va.;six grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Eleanor Evans of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Wayne (Murial) Murphy of West Brownsville and Cynthia Johnson of Newell. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;and on Tuesday;April 29;until 11 a.m.;at which time services will be held in the funeral home with the Rev.Edwin E.McElroy;pastor of the Newell United Methodist Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.