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Laura Lillian Scoggin Jones
Winnfield, LA
Funeral services for Laura Lillian Scoggin Jones, 78, of Dodson, LA will be held at 11AM, Friday, July 16th at Cypress Creek Baptist Church in the Gansville community of Winn Parish. Reverends Nicholas Verret and Robert Leach will officiate. Interment will follow in the Cypress Creek Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield.
Lil passed away on Wednesday, July 14th 2004 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe after a lengthy illness. She was born in Newton, MS on October 28, 1925.
Lil had a life-long passion for cooking, gardening, and quilting. She also loved traveling and had lived in more than half the United States and in England. Her sense of humor, compassion, and good advice will be missed by everyone blessed enough to have known her.
She was preceded in death by Olan L. Jones, her husband of 58 years. She was also preceded in death by a son, Jimmy Lamar Jones, her parents C.D. and Eva Lorene Scoggin, and two brothers Edward and Thomas Scoggin.
Survivors include three sons: Danny L. Jones and his wife Sarah of West Monroe, Larry L. Jones and his wife Patsy of Monroe, and Terry L. Jones and his wife Carol of West Monroe. Lil was lovingly known as ``Granny'' to her eight grandchildren: David Jones and his wife Sherry, Mason Jones, Clay Chandler, D.D.S. and his wife Emily, Sarah Chandler, Ben Jones, Mary Jones, Laura Jones and Amie Jones. She had two great-grandchildren, Ryan and Austin Jones. Lil is also survived by two sisters, Mildred Laird and her husband James H. of Shreveport and Janice Gressett of Newton, MS. She leaves behind several nieces and nephews and extended family.
Pallbearers will be David Jones, Mason Jones, Clay Chandler, Ben Jones, Brian Jones, Jimmy Jones, Clay Scoggin, and Jamie Gressett.
Visitation will be on Thursday, July 15th, in the Southern Funeral Home from 5PM until 9PM and on Friday at the church from 10AM until time of services.
(October 28, 1925 - July 14, 2004)