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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lela Mae Jones
Lela Mae
Jones
April 14, 1930 – June 24, 2009
Lela Mae Jones' Obituary
LELA JONES
ADA-Services for Lela Mae Jones, 79, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Donnie Johnson and Greg McCortney will officiate. Burial will follow at Centrahoma Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones died Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at her home. She was born April 14, 1930 at Atoka, Oklahoma to Ralph and Annie Owens Compton. She moved to Centrahoma from Arkansas in 1983.
She married William Jones on August 10, 1946. He preceded her in death on December 16, 1983. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and served as a provider for two years in Coal County.
Survivors include one son, Junior Clarence Jones, Jonesboro, AR; three daughters, Mildred Hisaw, Truman, AR, Rachel Jones, Truman, AR, and Hester Jones, Ada; a special friend, Alton Long; two brothers, Ralph Compton, Centrahoma, and Willie Compton, Oregon; six sisters, Pearl Tisdale, Centrahoma, Louella Reed, Centrahoma, Kathy Bateman, Fittstown, Annie Bell Carroll, Tupelo, Lola Daffron, Sunray, TX, and Mary Smith, Ft. Smith, AR; 17 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Mable Poe, one sister, Pat McKinney, and three brothers, Roy Compton, Johnny Compton, and Ray Compton.
Bearers will be Donnie Long, Travis Allen, J. J. Brooks, Corky Acosta, Amanda Blackwell, Steven Carroll, Vince Reed, and Darrell Long.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ADA-Services for Lela Mae Jones, 79, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Donnie Johnson and Greg McCortney will officiate. Burial will follow at Centrahoma Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones died Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at her home. She was born April 14, 1930 at Atoka, Oklahoma to Ralph and Annie Owens Compton. She moved to Centrahoma from Arkansas in 1983.
She married William Jones on August 10, 1946. He preceded her in death on December 16, 1983. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and served as a provider for two years in Coal County.
Survivors include one son, Junior Clarence Jones, Jonesboro, AR; three daughters, Mildred Hisaw, Truman, AR, Rachel Jones, Truman, AR, and Hester Jones, Ada; a special friend, Alton Long; two brothers, Ralph Compton, Centrahoma, and Willie Compton, Oregon; six sisters, Pearl Tisdale, Centrahoma, Louella Reed, Centrahoma, Kathy Bateman, Fittstown, Annie Bell Carroll, Tupelo, Lola Daffron, Sunray, TX, and Mary Smith, Ft. Smith, AR; 17 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Mable Poe, one sister, Pat McKinney, and three brothers, Roy Compton, Johnny Compton, and Ray Compton.
Bearers will be Donnie Long, Travis Allen, J. J. Brooks, Corky Acosta, Amanda Blackwell, Steven Carroll, Vince Reed, and Darrell Long.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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