She was born Dec. 18, 1892, in Manchester, Tenn. As Jessie Jones, she married James F. Lemons on Nov. 26, 1917. He died May 2, 1967, in Elkhart. Surviving are two sons, Willie, Manchester, Tenn. and Dewey, Elkhart; five daughters, Goldie Lancaster, Ellen Spry, and Jessie Swann, all of Elkhart, Elsie Allen, South Bend, and Alice Shannon, Manchester, Tenn. 19 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Bessie Whitman, Elkhart, and Dessie Waldon, and Pearl Waldon, both of Manchester, Tenn.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, where a prayer service will be at 8 p.m. The Rev. Floyd Zurcher of the Bresee Nazarene Church will officiate. Visitation will alson be Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at the Manchester Funeral Home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at the Summitville Cemetery, Summitville, Tenn.
Mrs. Lemons was a member of the Bushy Branch Pentecostal Church.
Memorials may be made to United Cancer Services of Elkhart County or the Heart Fund.
Published in The Manchester Times
She was born Dec. 18, 1892, in Manchester, Tenn. As Jessie Jones, she married James F. Lemons on Nov. 26, 1917. He died May 2, 1967, in Elkhart. Surviving are two sons, Willie, Manchester, Tenn. and Dewey, Elkhart; five daughters, Goldie Lancaster, Ellen Spry, and Jessie Swann, all of Elkhart, Elsie Allen, South Bend, and Alice Shannon, Manchester, Tenn. 19 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Bessie Whitman, Elkhart, and Dessie Waldon, and Pearl Waldon, both of Manchester, Tenn.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, where a prayer service will be at 8 p.m. The Rev. Floyd Zurcher of the Bresee Nazarene Church will officiate. Visitation will alson be Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at the Manchester Funeral Home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at the Summitville Cemetery, Summitville, Tenn.
Mrs. Lemons was a member of the Bushy Branch Pentecostal Church.
Memorials may be made to United Cancer Services of Elkhart County or the Heart Fund.
Published in The Manchester Times
Family Members
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Nathan William "Nate" Jones
1891–1967
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Wilburn Artie Jones
1894–1966
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Mary Melissa Jones Lemons
1896–1959
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Lemuel Estill Jones
1899–1975
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Eldie Washington Jones
1901–1959
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Dessie Lee Jones Walden
1904–1991
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Bessie Marie Jones Whitman
1904–1992
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Elsie Geneva Jones Poff
1906–1976
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Lawrence Patterson Jones
1910–1985
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Jettie Pearl Jones Walden
1913–2001
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James Ted Ogle
1911–1961
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Freddie Lemons
1918–1918
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Willie Thurman "Bill" Lemons
1918–1998
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Dewey Woodson Lemons
1919–1996
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Goldie Susie Lemons Lancaster
1921–2001
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Sarah Alice Lemons Shannon
1923–2004
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Elsie Marie Lemons Allen
1926–2012
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Mary Ellen "PeeWee" Lemons Spry
1928–2013
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Jessie Helen Lemons Swann
1928–2021
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Grady B Lemons
1933–1934
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