Irene Rhodes Jones' Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES- 2:00 pm on Monday, January 23, 2006 in Robertson Chapel Of Memories with Rev. Tom Garmon, minister of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon, officiating. INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery Mrs. Jones was born April 26, 1912 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas to John Wesley and Oda Pearl Lewis Rhodes. She was the third of eight daughters. Her family moved to Brice, Texas in 1913 and then to Clarendon. She graduated from Clarendon High School in 1933. She married Marvin Roger Jones on August 11, 1945 at the San Jacinto Methodist parsonage in Amarillo. She attended Amarillo College of Hairdressing and later owned Irene's Beauty Salon in Clarendon. After selling her business, she helped her husband with the farming business. She wa a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon. In March 1999 she moved to Amarillo and resided at Park Towers and then Ware Memorial Care Center. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents; her husband Marvin in 1986; and three sisters, Mattie Chamberlain, Ruth Riley, and Dorothy Adamson. SURVIVORS - 4 sisters, Jewell Stewart and Betty McElroy of Amarillo, Ailene McElroy of Clarendon, and Johnnie Adamson of Bakersfield, California; 8 nieces; 10 nephews; 21 great nephews; 16 great nieces; 23 great great nephews; and 11 great great nieces. MEMORIALS - First United Methodist Church / PO Box 157 / Clarendon, Texas 79226-0157 or to Citizens Cemetery Assn / PO Box 983 / Clarendon, Texas 79226-0983.
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