6. Valier Arland Jones, son of Reese Leon Jones and Olivia "Libby" Mikesell Lewis was born on 9 Nov 1912 in Valier, Pondera, Montana. When Valier was five years old his parents moved to Montigue, California where his father was able to acquire a ranch of about 80 acres near the Shasta River. The entire family, Valier's parents, himself and his two brothers and sister all lived in a one room shack on the ranch. Valier's father farmed hay and alfalfa and had a vegetable garden. He also raised hogs and cattle for milk and slaughter. They had bee hives from which they harvested alfalfa honey. They also had a plough horse and the kids had their own horses as well. After a couple of years Valier's father was also able to rent an adjoining ranch of another 80 acres with a much bigger house and barn. They then had about 16 milk cows and raised corn and wheat.

When Valier was a boy he went fishing with his older brother Leon, and a friend of his brother's, in the Shasta River. Leon and his friend both drowned and Valier had to run home to get help. After the drowning Valier's parents sold the ranch and moved into Montigue, and then later to Grenada, California where Valier's dad worked in a box factory. Not too long later the Jones family moved to Bray, California where Valier and his brother Marvin had an idylic life, there hunting and fishing and hanging out at the swimming hole. The boys only intermittedly went school at the one room schoolhouse there. After a few years Valier's parents seperated and Valier and his brother Marvin ended up in a campground in Gridley, California with their father. He got a job in Paradise, California and left the two boys to fend for themselves in Gridley. Valier's father married Myrtle Phillips and spent most of his time with her. When Valier was about 15 or 16 he got in a big fight with his dad and moved to Oakland and worked in a Salami factory.

Valier Arland Jones married Maxine Andrews, (daughter of Roy Emery Andrews and Rosabell Lewis), and they had four children: Joanne Louise Andrews, Aletha Nadine Jones; Arland LeRoy Jones, and Leon Emery Jones.

Valier joined the Merchant Marine and was promoted to the position of First Mate in 1944. In 1948 he was the first mate on the vessel "Suamico" on it's voyage back and forth from San Francisco to Yokosuka, Japan. He served in the Merchant Marine for about 20 years until he retired and got a job working maintenance at Douglas Aircraft.

Valier and Maxine divorced and their girls went to live with Maxine while the boys stayed with Valier. Valier married Thelma Margreite Hays on 14 Feb 1953. Valier had emphysema and was hospitalized a couple of times. He was housebound for about the last five years of his life and walked around with an oxygen bottle. Valier enjoyed collecting stamps and coins and was enthusiastic about genealogy research. Valier Arland Jones died on October 22, 1970 at the age of 57.

Valier Arland Jones married Maxine Andrews.

Children from this marriage were:

1. Joanne Louise Jones was born on 24 Aug 1933. She married Ivie Edward Bellenfant and they had four children: Kevin Edward Bellenfant; Eric Allen Bellenfant; Darla Joanne Bellenfant; and Steven Valier Bellenfant. Joanne also married Jaime Gonzalez and they had one child together, Alan Anthony Gonzalez. Joanne Louise Andrews Jones died on February 23, 2007 at Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

2. Aletha Nadine Jones was born in 1937. Aletha married George K Baley June 29, 1957. She then married Gary Wayne Mann. They had one child together, Daniel Mann. Gary was a longshoreman and was addicted to heroin which resulted in him being imprisoned. Aletha divorced him and married Leon W. "Bill" Riordan on June 15, 1968 in Los Angeles, California. They divorced in Oct 1971, and Aletha remarried Gary Wayne Mann December 4, 1979 in Santa Cruz, California. Aletha was always close to her sister, Joanne, and Joanne's children throughout her life, and Darla and Steven went to live with her when they attended San Jose State University. Aletha always enjoyed playing cards, especially poker, and played at the card clubs and casinos in Los Angeles on a weekly basis as well as making many trips to Las Vegas where she played in the Casinos there. Both her husband, Gary, and her son, Dan, were Longshoremen (Crane Operators), in San Pedro harbor.

3. Arland Leroy Jones was born January 25, 1940 in Los Angeles, California. He married Barbara E Levengood on August 1, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. They had two children: Arlana L. Jones and David Jones. They divorced in May, 1973.

4. Leon Emery Jones was born in 1942. He married Lorraine Jean West, (the daughter of Archibald West and Yolanda Salera). They had three children together; Leanora Jones, Jolene Jones and Danyele Jones. Leon then married Ellie Jones and they had two children; David Jones and Michael Jones.

Valier Arland Jones next married Thelma Margreite Hays on 14 Feb 1953. Thelma was born on 24 Jul 1907 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States and died on 3 Mar 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States at age 76.

7. Maxine Andrews, daughter of Roy Emery Andrews and Rosabell Lewis, was born on 2 Feb 1913, in Nevada, United States. She married Valier Arland Jones on 7 Oct 1932 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California and they had four children. Valier was in the Merchant Marine and was often gone at sea, leaving Maxine to raise the four children more or less as a single parent. She struggled with alcoholism and she and Valier divorced. She then married Wesley J. Maloney on August 24, August in California. . Maxine often babysat her daughter, Joanne's, four children and she enjoyed playing cards. Maxine Andrews died on December 22, 1990 at age 77. She is buried in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

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