Tommie Lee Jones
Deacon Tommie Lee Jones, 69, of Waycross, passed away Sunday (July 8, 2018) at the Mayo Health Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after a brief illness. His loving and attentive wife, Jessie Jones, was at his bedside.
He was born Feb. 15, 1949, in Sylvester in Worth County.
He was employed by Scapa/Voith Fabric for 33 years and employed by Rainge Memorial Chapel for 13 years.
He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and was ordained as a deacon in March 1984 at New Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James B. “J.B.” Jones and Alberta Coleman Jones, and his brothers, Willie H. Jones and Leroy Jones.
He married the love of his life, Jessie Thompson, June 13, 1969, and God blessed them with 49 years.
To this union three children were born, Tommy D. Jones Sr. (Sanya), Hephzibah, Anita Jones, Jacksonville, FLla., and Sharon Jones Kearney, Albany; four grandchildren, Tommy D. Jones Jr., Amber Mooring, Jessica Mooring and Sakila McGruder; two great-grandchildren, Kherington Bighams and Georgia McGruder; three god-children, Cornelius Grant, Waycross, Aisha Shuman, Columbus, S.C., and Ta’Bius McKnight, Waycross; adopted children, Richard Taylor, Waycross, and Elzie and Trenna Marshall, Leesburg; sisters, Severa Jones, Yvonne Jones Lattimore (Ernest), Waycross, Irma Jean Williams (Eddie), Holly Springs, N.C., and Dorothy Jones Ferrell, Macon; brothers-in-law, Wyman Thompson (Sharon), Albany, and Troy Thompson, Blackshear; sisters-in-law, Emma Ferguson, Xenia, Ohio, and Edith Thompson, Tallassee, Ala.; extended family, Brother George Wynn and Trease, Mary Jane Williams and family, Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hunter, Jacksonville, Fla., and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m.Thursday at the funeral home, 505 Ware St., Blackshear.
A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the Church of Christ Written in Heaven, 617 Blackwell St., Waycross.
Bishop John Moss is pastor and the Rev. Walter Scott will offer words of comfort.
Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross.
The cortege will assemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the residence, 1402 Commons St., Waycross.
Active pallbearers will be Carl Rainge and the staff of Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacon ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Waycross.
Flower bearers will be the Deaconess Ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.raingememorialchapelinc.com
Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
Deacon Tommie Lee Jones, 69, of Waycross, passed away Sunday (July 8, 2018) at the Mayo Health Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after a brief illness. His loving and attentive wife, Jessie Jones, was at his bedside.
He was born Feb. 15, 1949, in Sylvester in Worth County.
He was employed by Scapa/Voith Fabric for 33 years and employed by Rainge Memorial Chapel for 13 years.
He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and was ordained as a deacon in March 1984 at New Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James B. “J.B.” Jones and Alberta Coleman Jones, and his brothers, Willie H. Jones and Leroy Jones.
He married the love of his life, Jessie Thompson, June 13, 1969, and God blessed them with 49 years.
To this union three children were born, Tommy D. Jones Sr. (Sanya), Hephzibah, Anita Jones, Jacksonville, FLla., and Sharon Jones Kearney, Albany; four grandchildren, Tommy D. Jones Jr., Amber Mooring, Jessica Mooring and Sakila McGruder; two great-grandchildren, Kherington Bighams and Georgia McGruder; three god-children, Cornelius Grant, Waycross, Aisha Shuman, Columbus, S.C., and Ta’Bius McKnight, Waycross; adopted children, Richard Taylor, Waycross, and Elzie and Trenna Marshall, Leesburg; sisters, Severa Jones, Yvonne Jones Lattimore (Ernest), Waycross, Irma Jean Williams (Eddie), Holly Springs, N.C., and Dorothy Jones Ferrell, Macon; brothers-in-law, Wyman Thompson (Sharon), Albany, and Troy Thompson, Blackshear; sisters-in-law, Emma Ferguson, Xenia, Ohio, and Edith Thompson, Tallassee, Ala.; extended family, Brother George Wynn and Trease, Mary Jane Williams and family, Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hunter, Jacksonville, Fla., and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m.Thursday at the funeral home, 505 Ware St., Blackshear.
A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the Church of Christ Written in Heaven, 617 Blackwell St., Waycross.
Bishop John Moss is pastor and the Rev. Walter Scott will offer words of comfort.
Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross.
The cortege will assemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the residence, 1402 Commons St., Waycross.
Active pallbearers will be Carl Rainge and the staff of Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacon ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Waycross.
Flower bearers will be the Deaconess Ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.raingememorialchapelinc.com
Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
Tommie Lee Jones
Deacon Tommie Lee Jones, 69, of Waycross, passed away Sunday (July 8, 2018) at the Mayo Health Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after a brief illness. His loving and attentive wife, Jessie Jones, was at his bedside.
He was born Feb. 15, 1949, in Sylvester in Worth County.
He was employed by Scapa/Voith Fabric for 33 years and employed by Rainge Memorial Chapel for 13 years.
He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and was ordained as a deacon in March 1984 at New Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James B. “J.B.” Jones and Alberta Coleman Jones, and his brothers, Willie H. Jones and Leroy Jones.
He married the love of his life, Jessie Thompson, June 13, 1969, and God blessed them with 49 years.
To this union three children were born, Tommy D. Jones Sr. (Sanya), Hephzibah, Anita Jones, Jacksonville, FLla., and Sharon Jones Kearney, Albany; four grandchildren, Tommy D. Jones Jr., Amber Mooring, Jessica Mooring and Sakila McGruder; two great-grandchildren, Kherington Bighams and Georgia McGruder; three god-children, Cornelius Grant, Waycross, Aisha Shuman, Columbus, S.C., and Ta’Bius McKnight, Waycross; adopted children, Richard Taylor, Waycross, and Elzie and Trenna Marshall, Leesburg; sisters, Severa Jones, Yvonne Jones Lattimore (Ernest), Waycross, Irma Jean Williams (Eddie), Holly Springs, N.C., and Dorothy Jones Ferrell, Macon; brothers-in-law, Wyman Thompson (Sharon), Albany, and Troy Thompson, Blackshear; sisters-in-law, Emma Ferguson, Xenia, Ohio, and Edith Thompson, Tallassee, Ala.; extended family, Brother George Wynn and Trease, Mary Jane Williams and family, Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hunter, Jacksonville, Fla., and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m.Thursday at the funeral home, 505 Ware St., Blackshear.
A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the Church of Christ Written in Heaven, 617 Blackwell St., Waycross.
Bishop John Moss is pastor and the Rev. Walter Scott will offer words of comfort.
Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross.
The cortege will assemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the residence, 1402 Commons St., Waycross.
Active pallbearers will be Carl Rainge and the staff of Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacon ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Waycross.
Flower bearers will be the Deaconess Ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.raingememorialchapelinc.com
Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
Deacon Tommie Lee Jones, 69, of Waycross, passed away Sunday (July 8, 2018) at the Mayo Health Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after a brief illness. His loving and attentive wife, Jessie Jones, was at his bedside.
He was born Feb. 15, 1949, in Sylvester in Worth County.
He was employed by Scapa/Voith Fabric for 33 years and employed by Rainge Memorial Chapel for 13 years.
He was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and was ordained as a deacon in March 1984 at New Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James B. “J.B.” Jones and Alberta Coleman Jones, and his brothers, Willie H. Jones and Leroy Jones.
He married the love of his life, Jessie Thompson, June 13, 1969, and God blessed them with 49 years.
To this union three children were born, Tommy D. Jones Sr. (Sanya), Hephzibah, Anita Jones, Jacksonville, FLla., and Sharon Jones Kearney, Albany; four grandchildren, Tommy D. Jones Jr., Amber Mooring, Jessica Mooring and Sakila McGruder; two great-grandchildren, Kherington Bighams and Georgia McGruder; three god-children, Cornelius Grant, Waycross, Aisha Shuman, Columbus, S.C., and Ta’Bius McKnight, Waycross; adopted children, Richard Taylor, Waycross, and Elzie and Trenna Marshall, Leesburg; sisters, Severa Jones, Yvonne Jones Lattimore (Ernest), Waycross, Irma Jean Williams (Eddie), Holly Springs, N.C., and Dorothy Jones Ferrell, Macon; brothers-in-law, Wyman Thompson (Sharon), Albany, and Troy Thompson, Blackshear; sisters-in-law, Emma Ferguson, Xenia, Ohio, and Edith Thompson, Tallassee, Ala.; extended family, Brother George Wynn and Trease, Mary Jane Williams and family, Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hunter, Jacksonville, Fla., and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m.Thursday at the funeral home, 505 Ware St., Blackshear.
A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the Church of Christ Written in Heaven, 617 Blackwell St., Waycross.
Bishop John Moss is pastor and the Rev. Walter Scott will offer words of comfort.
Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross.
The cortege will assemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the residence, 1402 Commons St., Waycross.
Active pallbearers will be Carl Rainge and the staff of Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacon ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Waycross.
Flower bearers will be the Deaconess Ministry of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.raingememorialchapelinc.com
Rainge Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
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