Extracted from The Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MARIAN RAE MOONEY JONES

MARIAN RAE MOONEY JONES, 65, of Houston, passed away peacefully at her son's home on August 16th, 2010 after a lengthy illness.

She was born October 10th, 1944 in Beaumont, TX to Robert Brock and Rae Reisor Mooney. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Robert Reisor Mooney.

Survivors include son Robert Garret Jones and wife Christina Freeman Jones, grandson Zackary Scott Jones, brother Richard Michael Mooney and wife Bonnie Cooper Mooney, sister-in-law Paulene Roeder Mooney, niece Kelly Mooney Naramore and husband Ronnie Naramore with daughters Natalie and Samantha, and niece Christina Mooney Aguiar and husband Brian Aguiar with daughter Olivia.

Marian graduated from Lamar High School in Houston and was a member of the high school swim team. She worked hard at an early age to help support the family and held two jobs at the age of 14. Marian performed volunteer work in the Medical Center at the Methodist Hospital and was employed by Texas Children's Hospital. She later went on to work for Ronnie Boyd & Associates recruiting professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry, completed college coursework in Business Management, and became a Certified Public Accountant. She spent the majority of her career in oil and gas production with Texakota, Inc. where she had responsibilities in all aspects of business operations and later worked for Longhorn Oil and Gas.

A memorial celebrating Marian's life will be held on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Kingwood United Methodist Church (1799 Woodland Hills Dr., Kingwood, TX, 77339).

A memorial gift, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Texas A&M Foundation, General Memorial Fund (401 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX, 77840).