Betty Jones

Funeral services for Betty Jones, 80, of Clinton, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Freewill Baptist Church.

She died Friday, April 8, 2016, at Grace Living Center in Clinton.

Betty Lou (Graves) Jones was born Nov. 10, 1935, to C.B. and Agnes (Kennemar) Graves, on the family farm in Dill City. She graduated from Dill City High School in 1954, and moved to Clinton when she married Roy Jones Sr. on July 1, 1954. She was employed by various retail businesses in Clinton, and worked for Clinton Public Schools for over 16 years, retiring in 1998.

She was a longtime faithful and active member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Clinton.  She enjoyed quilting, gardening, cooking, farm life, and spending time with her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Doris Burns; three brothers, W.C., Russell and Wendale Graves; and a great-granddaughter, Maggie Dunn.

Survivors include her husband, of the home; three sons, Roy Jones Jr. and wife Fonya, of Clinton, Randy Jones and wife Amy, of Arapaho, and Ronnie Jones and spouse Bob West, of Porter; three daughters, Marsha McGuire, of St. Louis, Mo., Nancy Winter and husband Eldon, of Oklahoma City, and Linda Eggleston and husband Ron, of Texhoma; two sisters, Darlene Moore, of Dill City, and Pearl Matlock and husband Ralph, of Yale; three brothers, Don Graves and wife Mary Jean, of Yukon, Gene Graves, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Ted Graves and wife Peggy, of Globe, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Services will be officiated by Charles Murphy and Sandy Shepherd. Interment will follow at Clinton Cemetery under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.