Doris Mae Jones' Obituary
AMARILLO SERVICES - at 2:00 pm Tuesday, June 20, 2006 in the Robertson Chapel of Memories in Clarendon with Rev. Danny Lucas, Pastor of the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Amarillo, Rev. James Smith, Assistant Pastor of the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Amarillo, and Rev. Dustin Wood, family member, officiating. BURIAL- Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon Mrs. Jones was born January 15, 1924 to E.D. and Bernice B. Morton in Amarillo. She was a graduate of Lelia Lake High School. She married William Wesley Jones on October 14, 1945 in Hollis, Oklahoma. Our Granny loved to keep house, cook, garden, and was one great fisherman. She was the greatest wife, mother, and grandmother anyone could ever have hoped for. Those of us she leaves behind miss her deeply. But this we also know, Heaven indeed rejoiced when she entered the Lord’s Kingdom. She is preceded in death by her parents; a son, Billy Frank Jones; a twin brother, Forrest Ray Morton, three brothers, Edward, Louie, and Billy Morton; one sister, Aline Scivally; and a great grandson Ayddien Glenn William McCrow. She is survived by her husband, William of Amarillo; one daughter, Linda Joyce Purcell and husband Neil of Amarillo; one son, Larry Don Jones and wife Katie of Amarillo; brother-in-law, Frank Jones and wife Jenny of Harker Heights, TX; daughter-in-law, Debra A. Jones of Irving, TX; 8 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The family requests memorials be made to the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Amarillo.
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