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Edgar Lee Jones

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Edgar Lee Jones

Birth
Teague, Freestone County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Jan 2014 (aged 70)
Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, USA
Burial
Teague, Freestone County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Edgar Lee Jones, 70, of Groesbeck, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at the Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Porter Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend C. Darron Killingsworth officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home.

Edgar Lee was born in Teague, Texas, to the late Edgar W. and Ethel Martin Jones. He was in the U.S. Army and worked in the oil fields. He loved to research his Indian heritage and playing his guitar. He married Bonnie Tull on August 29, 1992 and they were married 22 years. Ed was a loving and caring husband, father, and grandfather. He will be truly missed by his family and friends.

He was preceded in death by grandsons, Matthew Lynn Sanford and Justin Lynn Heath; great-nephew, James Wesley Williams, Jr.; and son-in-law, Billy Richard Sutton.

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Jones, of Groesbeck; daughters: Jennifer Heath and husband, Donnie, of Marlin, Tracy Harris and husband, Thomas, of Marlin, Jennifer Litton and husband, Philip, of Corpus Christi, and Chana Gladding and husband, Aaron, of Groesbeck; grandchildren: Shasta and Omar Rojas, Ryan and Railynn Miller, Justin Leone, Christopher Shropshire, Ashton Gladding, Leslie Gladding, Eddie Heath, Gwen Heath, Devin and Angel Sutton, Walter Jr. and Kale Powe, Britnay and Ben Sutton and Kellee Powe; great-grandchildren: Landon Sutton, Brandon Powe, Anna Miller, McKinely Miller, Kensley Miller, Ellayna Powe and Alyvia Sutton; sister, Carolyn Dabney, of Mexia; aunt, Nell Marin, of Alvin; nephew, Jimmy Dabney; niece, Donna Cantrell; great-nephews, Brad and Scott; great-nieces: Criston, Heather, Amber, Hannah, Becky and Rachel; and many friends. H14
Edgar Lee Jones, 70, of Groesbeck, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at the Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Porter Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend C. Darron Killingsworth officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home.

Edgar Lee was born in Teague, Texas, to the late Edgar W. and Ethel Martin Jones. He was in the U.S. Army and worked in the oil fields. He loved to research his Indian heritage and playing his guitar. He married Bonnie Tull on August 29, 1992 and they were married 22 years. Ed was a loving and caring husband, father, and grandfather. He will be truly missed by his family and friends.

He was preceded in death by grandsons, Matthew Lynn Sanford and Justin Lynn Heath; great-nephew, James Wesley Williams, Jr.; and son-in-law, Billy Richard Sutton.

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Jones, of Groesbeck; daughters: Jennifer Heath and husband, Donnie, of Marlin, Tracy Harris and husband, Thomas, of Marlin, Jennifer Litton and husband, Philip, of Corpus Christi, and Chana Gladding and husband, Aaron, of Groesbeck; grandchildren: Shasta and Omar Rojas, Ryan and Railynn Miller, Justin Leone, Christopher Shropshire, Ashton Gladding, Leslie Gladding, Eddie Heath, Gwen Heath, Devin and Angel Sutton, Walter Jr. and Kale Powe, Britnay and Ben Sutton and Kellee Powe; great-grandchildren: Landon Sutton, Brandon Powe, Anna Miller, McKinely Miller, Kensley Miller, Ellayna Powe and Alyvia Sutton; sister, Carolyn Dabney, of Mexia; aunt, Nell Marin, of Alvin; nephew, Jimmy Dabney; niece, Donna Cantrell; great-nephews, Brad and Scott; great-nieces: Criston, Heather, Amber, Hannah, Becky and Rachel; and many friends. H14


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