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  1. Jones died following a stroke at age 63 on October 13, 2005, in an Atlanta hospital. Her funeral services were held at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College . Jones had a son, a daughter, three grandchildren, four sisters, and three brothers.

  2. Oct 14, 2005 · Oct. 14, 2005. Vivian Malone Jones, who on a blisteringly hot June day in 1963 became one of two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama after first being barred at the door by...

  3. Oct 15, 2005 · Eventually Wallace stepped aside and Jones and fellow student James Hood enrolled, but only after an agreement was reached between the White House and Wallace's aides. Jones died Thursday...

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  4. Oct 14, 2005 · Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to Gov. George Wallace’s 1963 “stand in the schoolhouse door,” died Thursday. She was...

  5. Oct 14, 2005 · ATLANTA – Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace’s infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door” in 1963, died...

  6. While she is best known as Vivian Malone for her groundbreaking efforts in 1963, she used her married name, Vivian Malone Jones, during her professional career. Vivian Malone Jones died after a stroke on October 13, 2005, at the age of 63.

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  8. Oct 29, 2020 · The University of Alabama gave Jones an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 2000. Jones died of a stroke on October 13, 2005, in an Atlanta hospital at the age of 63. Jones is survived by her son, daughter, and grandchildren.