Maynell Jones, passed away Sunday October 13, 2019.
Services will be 2:00 pm Friday October 25, 2019 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Ernie Christie officiating..
Maynell was born January 29, 1935 in Aquilla, Texas to Roosevelt and Pearl (Kirkpatrick) Whalen. She married Royce D. Jones on June 25, 1955. She attended Waco schools and earned her high school diploma from La Vega High School in May 1977 at the age of 42 when she attended night school. She was a full time homemaker and gifted seamstress. In the 1970's to the early1980's she made clothes for family and friends, weddings, bridesmaids dresses, gowns for Eastern Star women and uniforms for the La Vega cheerleader 's. She was a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys and loved watching Wheel of Fortune and Dancing with the Stars. Her hobbies included flower gardening, feeding birds, reading and crossword puzzles. She was also a wonderful cook.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sisters Betty Bagget and Mary Farmer; and brother, Jerry Simpson.
Survivors include her children, Ronald Jones and wife, Pam, Darrell Jones and wife, Shari and Deanna Jones Harris; her sister, Wanda Sullivan and husband Jack; her grandchildren, Matthew Jones, Christopher Jones, Adrienne Jones, Ashley Jones and Charles Devin Harris; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express a special thank you to the staff's at Providence Hospital and Providence Hospice for their care and support.
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