Marguerite Jones

Monday, April 25, 2005

CHAFFEE -- Marguerite Bernice Jones, 87, died April 22, 2005, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

Born May 23, 1917, in Oran, daughter of the late Mark Cecil and Dora Ellen Thorton Dunn, she retired as a self-employed artist and beautician. In August 1983 she moved from Houston, Texas, to Chaffee where she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

On April 25, 1959, in Oran, she married Ansel "Bud" Jones who preceded her in death on Feb. 19, 1990.

One son, two brothers and one sister also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: one daughter, Delores Ponder of Chaffee; and five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services were conducted at 1 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Jack Bishop officiated.

Burial followed in the Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.