Pockettown: Change and Transformation on Chicago's S. Side

Jon Lowenstein

Freelance

Willie Jones Sr. was born in Shably, Mississippi and moved to the neighborhood in the late 1950's. He was an institution in the Pockettown neighborhood. He worked at R.R. Donnelly for 25 years until his retirement in 1988. He was remembered for many things, among them, clearing the whole block with his snow blower every time it snowed. He died on February 6th after a long battle with ALS. He was a lifetime Boston Red Sox fan.

Jon Lowenstein, "Pockettown: Change and Transformation on Chicago's S. Side," in POYi Archive, Item #45804, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45804 (accessed April 19, 2025).