Extracted from The Greenwood Commonwealth (Greenwood, MS)
RUSSELL A. JONES
Funeral services for Russell A. Jones, 70, of Carrollton, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Williams & Lord Funeral Home.
Mr. Jones died of cancer Saturday, April 7, 2007, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
He was a retired construction worker. A native of Carroll County, he was a graduate of J.Z. George High School, and attended Mississippi State University. He resided in the Carroll and Leflore counties area for most of his life. He was a member of Valley Hill Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Guy Jones Sr. and Ruth Mims Jones; one sister, Peggy Jean Jones; and one brother, Guy Jones Jr.
He is survived by three sisters, Ann Walls of Greenwood, Ruth Reves and her husband, Samuel, of Holly Springs and Becky Farris and her husband, Gene, of Holcomb; one sister-in-law, Dot Jones of Carrollton; several nieces and nephews; and his caretaker, Robert Floyd of Carrollton.
The Rev. George Mims will officiate at the services.
Burial will be in Valley Hill Methodist Cemetery in Carroll County.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Castle, Bubba Buford, Kenny Walls, Barry Brewer, Kevin Hooks, David Clark, Samuel Reves and Barry Eskridge.
Honorary pallbearers will be Lewis Buford, Dr. Walter Moses, Jerry Jones and Robert Floyd.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 this evening at the funeral home.
Sunday, April 8, 2007