Ida was a product of Houston Independent School District, Harper Elementary and Booker T. Washington High School, Class of 1944. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, Southern University 1950; Master's Degree of Social Work, University of Texas 1955.
Careers included Chief of Service Access at Gulf Coast Community Services; Executive Director of Julia C. Hester House, Inc.; Chief Social Worker for Harris County MHMR; Family Evaluation Specialist Neighborhood Centers; Harris County Ida Lee Jones Thomas entered into eternal rest on September 17, 2017. She was born August 25, 1927 to Nelson and Gertrude Jones, the eighth of ten children.
She accepted Christ at a young age and united with Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, Reverend M.L. Price. She was an active member of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church for over 75 years and recently joined Bethel Praise and Worship Center.
Child Welfare Supervisor and Elementary School Counselor, Houston Independent School District.
Professional affiliations include; National Assn. of Social Workers; National Assn. of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Houston Chapter Charter Member; Texas United Community Services; National Conference of Agency Executives, Past President; United Way Agency Executives/Adopt Black Children Committee and the National Black Child Development Institute.
Volunteering activities included serving as an alternate judge for Ft. Bend County Elections; University of Houston School of Social Work Advisory Committee; Adult Advisory Council for the MHMR Authority of Harris County; Advisory Council E.O Smith Junior High; Parent's Advisory Committee Atherton Elementary School and Advisory Committee for St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Ida leaves loving memories with her sister Rutha Pruitt, brother Melvin Jones, sister-law Gloria Jones, nieces & nephews: Jacquelyn A. Blossom, Nelson M. Jones, III, Joy Hudspeth, Sharon Munoz, Judy Hampton, Johnnie Jones, Jr; Joseph Michael Jones, Carl Lewis, Joetta Jefferson, Samuel Pugh, Jr., Patricia Pugh, Richard Pugh, Gertrude Pugh, Thomas Pruitt, Paul Pruitt, Ronald Pruitt, Kenneth Carraway, Colleen Higgs, Lynda Carraway Tillman, Ruth White, Deidre McClendon, Melvin Kanoy Jones; goddaughter Charlita E. Blossom.
Services 11:00 am Saturday, September 30, 2017 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 3202 Trulley St. Houston, Tx. 77004. Rev. L. David Punch Officiating. Interment Paradise Cemetery North; arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home.
Published in Houston Chronicle on Sept. 25, 2017
Careers included Chief of Service Access at Gulf Coast Community Services; Executive Director of Julia C. Hester House, Inc.; Chief Social Worker for Harris County MHMR; Family Evaluation Specialist Neighborhood Centers; Harris County Ida Lee Jones Thomas entered into eternal rest on September 17, 2017. She was born August 25, 1927 to Nelson and Gertrude Jones, the eighth of ten children.
She accepted Christ at a young age and united with Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, Reverend M.L. Price. She was an active member of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church for over 75 years and recently joined Bethel Praise and Worship Center.
Child Welfare Supervisor and Elementary School Counselor, Houston Independent School District.
Professional affiliations include; National Assn. of Social Workers; National Assn. of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Houston Chapter Charter Member; Texas United Community Services; National Conference of Agency Executives, Past President; United Way Agency Executives/Adopt Black Children Committee and the National Black Child Development Institute.
Volunteering activities included serving as an alternate judge for Ft. Bend County Elections; University of Houston School of Social Work Advisory Committee; Adult Advisory Council for the MHMR Authority of Harris County; Advisory Council E.O Smith Junior High; Parent's Advisory Committee Atherton Elementary School and Advisory Committee for St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Ida leaves loving memories with her sister Rutha Pruitt, brother Melvin Jones, sister-law Gloria Jones, nieces & nephews: Jacquelyn A. Blossom, Nelson M. Jones, III, Joy Hudspeth, Sharon Munoz, Judy Hampton, Johnnie Jones, Jr; Joseph Michael Jones, Carl Lewis, Joetta Jefferson, Samuel Pugh, Jr., Patricia Pugh, Richard Pugh, Gertrude Pugh, Thomas Pruitt, Paul Pruitt, Ronald Pruitt, Kenneth Carraway, Colleen Higgs, Lynda Carraway Tillman, Ruth White, Deidre McClendon, Melvin Kanoy Jones; goddaughter Charlita E. Blossom.
Services 11:00 am Saturday, September 30, 2017 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 3202 Trulley St. Houston, Tx. 77004. Rev. L. David Punch Officiating. Interment Paradise Cemetery North; arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home.
Published in Houston Chronicle on Sept. 25, 2017
Ida was a product of Houston Independent School District, Harper Elementary and Booker T. Washington High School, Class of 1944. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, Southern University 1950; Master's Degree of Social Work, University of Texas 1955.
Careers included Chief of Service Access at Gulf Coast Community Services; Executive Director of Julia C. Hester House, Inc.; Chief Social Worker for Harris County MHMR; Family Evaluation Specialist Neighborhood Centers; Harris County Ida Lee Jones Thomas entered into eternal rest on September 17, 2017. She was born August 25, 1927 to Nelson and Gertrude Jones, the eighth of ten children.
She accepted Christ at a young age and united with Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, Reverend M.L. Price. She was an active member of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church for over 75 years and recently joined Bethel Praise and Worship Center.
Child Welfare Supervisor and Elementary School Counselor, Houston Independent School District.
Professional affiliations include; National Assn. of Social Workers; National Assn. of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Houston Chapter Charter Member; Texas United Community Services; National Conference of Agency Executives, Past President; United Way Agency Executives/Adopt Black Children Committee and the National Black Child Development Institute.
Volunteering activities included serving as an alternate judge for Ft. Bend County Elections; University of Houston School of Social Work Advisory Committee; Adult Advisory Council for the MHMR Authority of Harris County; Advisory Council E.O Smith Junior High; Parent's Advisory Committee Atherton Elementary School and Advisory Committee for St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Ida leaves loving memories with her sister Rutha Pruitt, brother Melvin Jones, sister-law Gloria Jones, nieces & nephews: Jacquelyn A. Blossom, Nelson M. Jones, III, Joy Hudspeth, Sharon Munoz, Judy Hampton, Johnnie Jones, Jr; Joseph Michael Jones, Carl Lewis, Joetta Jefferson, Samuel Pugh, Jr., Patricia Pugh, Richard Pugh, Gertrude Pugh, Thomas Pruitt, Paul Pruitt, Ronald Pruitt, Kenneth Carraway, Colleen Higgs, Lynda Carraway Tillman, Ruth White, Deidre McClendon, Melvin Kanoy Jones; goddaughter Charlita E. Blossom.
Services 11:00 am Saturday, September 30, 2017 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 3202 Trulley St. Houston, Tx. 77004. Rev. L. David Punch Officiating. Interment Paradise Cemetery North; arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home.
Published in Houston Chronicle on Sept. 25, 2017
Careers included Chief of Service Access at Gulf Coast Community Services; Executive Director of Julia C. Hester House, Inc.; Chief Social Worker for Harris County MHMR; Family Evaluation Specialist Neighborhood Centers; Harris County Ida Lee Jones Thomas entered into eternal rest on September 17, 2017. She was born August 25, 1927 to Nelson and Gertrude Jones, the eighth of ten children.
She accepted Christ at a young age and united with Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, Reverend M.L. Price. She was an active member of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church for over 75 years and recently joined Bethel Praise and Worship Center.
Child Welfare Supervisor and Elementary School Counselor, Houston Independent School District.
Professional affiliations include; National Assn. of Social Workers; National Assn. of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Houston Chapter Charter Member; Texas United Community Services; National Conference of Agency Executives, Past President; United Way Agency Executives/Adopt Black Children Committee and the National Black Child Development Institute.
Volunteering activities included serving as an alternate judge for Ft. Bend County Elections; University of Houston School of Social Work Advisory Committee; Adult Advisory Council for the MHMR Authority of Harris County; Advisory Council E.O Smith Junior High; Parent's Advisory Committee Atherton Elementary School and Advisory Committee for St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Ida leaves loving memories with her sister Rutha Pruitt, brother Melvin Jones, sister-law Gloria Jones, nieces & nephews: Jacquelyn A. Blossom, Nelson M. Jones, III, Joy Hudspeth, Sharon Munoz, Judy Hampton, Johnnie Jones, Jr; Joseph Michael Jones, Carl Lewis, Joetta Jefferson, Samuel Pugh, Jr., Patricia Pugh, Richard Pugh, Gertrude Pugh, Thomas Pruitt, Paul Pruitt, Ronald Pruitt, Kenneth Carraway, Colleen Higgs, Lynda Carraway Tillman, Ruth White, Deidre McClendon, Melvin Kanoy Jones; goddaughter Charlita E. Blossom.
Services 11:00 am Saturday, September 30, 2017 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 3202 Trulley St. Houston, Tx. 77004. Rev. L. David Punch Officiating. Interment Paradise Cemetery North; arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home.
Published in Houston Chronicle on Sept. 25, 2017
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