RICHARD JONES

ADA-Services for Richard Lee Jones, 79, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Harold Ware and Kenneth Elkins will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Yeager Cemetery.

Mr. Jones died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born May 29, 1930 at Earlsboro, Oklahoma to Harrison Earmond and Ethel Ealo Asher Jones. He attended Holdenville schools and graduated from Holdenville High School. He also attended East Central University in Ada.

He married Margaret Louise Dean on June 8, 1958 at Yeager. Mr. Jones was a graphic artist for the Holdenville Daily News for 18 years and the Ada Evening News for 33 years, retiring in 1993. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, was an avid gardener and had served in the Oklahoma National Guard during the Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret "Tookie" Jones, Ada; two sons, Timothy Dean Jones and wife Christy, Houston, TX, and Richard Alan Jones, Gainesville, TX; two grandchildren, Kaleb Wisch Jones and Harrison Kerr Jones, both of Houston, TX; three great grandchildren, Riley Wisch Jones, and twins, Karter Dean Jones and Kylie Marie Jones, Houston, TX; a brother, Gene Jones, Norman; and a sister, Joyce Wright, Bethany.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Dorothy Mead; and three brothers, Harrison Jones, Jr., Robert "Bob" Jones, and Jack Jones.

Bearers will be Kaleb Jones, Harrison Jones, John Renfrow, Robert Jones, Robert "Butch" Jones, Steve Jones, Leon Wright, and Paul Gene Mead. Honorary bearers will be Floyd Grove, Marion Clawson, Waymon Thompson, Gary Jones, Scott Dean, and Kyle Cates.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; or the City of Ada – Park Donation for flowers, c/o the City of Ada, 231 S. Townsend, Ada, OK 74820.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada