It doesnt say how deep it is., And then there was her side business of selling perfume, the idea being that she takes loads of flowers, add a little bit of water and then smash, smash, smash. The perfume is bottled and she sells the bottles for 10 cents each, going house to house. To the point where she and her brother, Paul moved in with their father. In 1966, the Independent Star-News of Pasadena, California, described her this way: Daughter of a college physics professor, she is an imaginative, introspective little girl who spends many hours in make-believe play with her collection of dolls. The concept is that Brian Keith plays bachelor Bill Davis, who finds himself guardian of two nieces and a nephew (respectively Kathy Garver, Anissa and Johnnie Whitaker as Cissy, Buffy and Jody) following the deaths of their parents. He won and Anissa went to live with him, but he died very shortly after Anissa arrived, but she didnt go back to her mother, she moved in with a friend. Anissa Jones was just eighteen years old. In 1965, when she was 6, Jones' first TV appearance was in a commercial. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. When Anissa came out of the bedroom she said she and some friends were going down to Oceanside to visit her friend Helen Hennessey. Shes 11 at the time playing 6. She moved to Austin, Texas at a young age, where she attended Austin Public Schools. She left $63,000 in cash and more than $100,000 in savings bonds when she died. At the age of six, Anissa snagged her first role advertising cereal in a television commercial, and two years later she landed the role of Buffy in Family Affair. Buffy had a doll named Mrs. Beasley that went wherever she did; it became so popular that it became Americas best selling doll during the comedys run. A friend, fellow student and partymate Steve Hanford recalled the following about Anissa's death. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. ashes, Age 45 Lot Owner: Jones, Richard & Leda, Funeral Home:Schilling. I want to do billboard painting. When told that that takes a long time, she replied, Yeah, I know, but I got a couple of years left.. While her death was ruled as accidental, its no secret that she was struggling internally. Said Patty at the time, She is always ready to say, Please call me Anissa when people refer to her as Buffy, her name on the show. She was a little girl whom other little girls envied, but who, in truth, experienced tremendous pressures during those years that should be reserved for the simple joys of childhood, wrote Marilyn. In four or five months," (via Closer Weekly). However, she had a difficult time living on the straight and narrow, and she went back to shoplifting and using drugs. Sep 09, 2021 04:42 P.M. Anissa Jones was trapped in the role of little Buffy from "Family Affair" and when she finally got away from it all, her life was tragically cut short. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Her life came to a tragic end at the age of 18 when she died of a drug overdose at a friends house in 1976. She wasn't being very social. So it seems like she had no port in the storm and the storm finally overtook her literally at the beach., On August 13, 1976, syndicated columnist Marilyn Beck wrote a moving column about Anissa, noting that she had first spoken to the actress when she was 8, and told at the time that Anissa wanted to eventually be a mommy with six kids and work as a veterinarian taking care of puppies and kitten. [6] The coroner's report listed Jones' death as a drug overdose, later ruled accidental;[7] cocaine, PCP, Quaalude, and Seconal were found in her body during an autopsy toxicology examination. That birthday was a significant one. Advertisement Anissa Jones was born on March 11, 1958, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Parents. The ambient temperature was 75 degrees. 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She was four years old when Mary enrolled her in dance classes. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. But if one can put something in a single word or a single sentence, that I think explains the unexplainable to many people. A year later, 8-year-old Jones, who was small for her age, was cast as 6-year-old Ava Elizabeth "Buffy" Patterson-Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair (1966). She has an uncanny ability to convey, on screen, a childs feelings of rejection, sadness, fun, pride, stubbornness and wish to be loved, sometimes all in one episode., In an effort to encapsulate Anissa, Brian Keith OHara, who at one time had a friendly relationship with her mother, Patty, blogs, It would have driven her crazy that people remember her as the star of Family Affair, because she never saw herself that way. Her parents were divorced prior to the start of her acting career in 1965. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean. On March 11, Anissa Jones would have celebrated her 61st birthday, that fact led to a trip down memory lane and to Family Affair where it all began. If you wanted to end a conversation or prevent one from starting at all, all you had to do was call her Buffy or bring up the show. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . If a gift were not brought for Paul, she would kindly give her gift away. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. But upon her release, Anissa again began hanging out at the beach, drinking and using drugs. Mary Anissa Jones / nis / [a] (March 11, 1958 - August 28, 1976) was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. The familys move to California took place while the kids were still toddlers. Rhoton Funeral Home Obituary Anissa Jones was born June 23, 1969, in Dallas, Texas. But shaking off her reputation as the adorable Buffy proved an insurmountable challenge. "The night Anissa died was wierd. Her first exposure to acting was in a breakfast cereal commercial when she was only six years old. Her father, who was an engineer, got a job at the University of Southern California and at the Hughes Aircraft Company, so the family relocated to The Golden State. The beach parties and the drinking and all the drugs escalated for two more years until Anissa turned 18. The show ran for five seasons from 1966 until 1971, per Outsider. She died from combined drug intoxication when she was 18. And their roads to stardom never start off that way. On March 15, 1984, Jones's brother, Paul, died of a drug overdose. She was also put in front of reporter microphones on a regular basis. Their time by contract belonged to the production company and the network. She felt that she was typecast as the adorable little girl when she played Buffy, which resulted in her not being chosen for other roles, such as the one in "The Exorcist." Try again later. She died in Detroit Michigan of natural cause on January 14, 2012. Family members linked to this person will appear here. But if you wanted to talk about poetry, Steinbecks Of Mice and Men (Anissa named her dog Lynny after Lenny) or just about anything else and she was a great listener then you had a chance of making a new friend. While other children her age played, Mary drove Anissa to learn more skills that would count in her favor in the industry. Anissa Jones was just eighteen years old. If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. That August, she died of a drug overdose. Family Members. He was also an old friend of Detectives Wagner and Krunglevich who were the investigating detectives (they arrived around 12:45 p.m.). Anissa then went and bought herself a brand-spanking new Ford Pinto and her brother a loaded Camaro that cost twice as much as her own car. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Her mother would file a police report denoting her daughter as a runaway. The year after Anissas birth, Paula gave birth to her brother, Paul (actually John Paul Jones, Jr.). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. He got diagnosed with lung cancer and emphysema early in 1997, in April that year his daughter committed suicide. View all categories; In another painful twist of fate, Anissa's little brother, Paul, also died of a drug overdose on March 15, 1984. You never know how deep it is, she said., but in a pool its marked 2-feet, 3-feet, so you know. [2], At the time of her birth, Jones' father, John Paul Jones, was an engineering graduate and faculty board member at Purdue University, where her mother, Mary Paula Jones (ne Tweel), was a zoology student. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Suddenly she had more money than she knew what to do with. Her parents divorce had led to a bitter custody battle, which resulted in her father winning custody of Jones and her brother. She became a ward of the court. She suffered an overdose that took her life. She had an older brother. So all of their scenes, all of their shots, from the entire season were filmed all at once. Here's What Happened to 'Family Affair' Star Brian Keith, The 1960s: Your Guide to 101 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Shows From Your Youth, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Out for a Swim! 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