Mary L Jones
1919-09-27 2010-09-21Services were at 1 p.m. Monday, September 27, 2010 in Carter Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 412 W. Second Ave., with the Rev. Bobby Powell of Fort Worth and the Rev. Spencer Stoker, pastor, officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery by Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes St.
Mary was born in 1919 in Denison to Werdie Ball and Celestine Bennie Blackwell. She attended school in Greenville and Patton High School in Amarillo.
Mrs. Jones was a member of Carter Chapel C.M.E. Church for 86 years. She was married to Tommy Jones for 68 years; he preceded her in death in 1994.
She furthered her education and worked for Texas Tech by teaching young women how to cook.
Mrs. Jones was a master chef at the Amarillo Air Base.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother; a sister; and two children.
Survivors include a brother, Clarence Berry Ball of Stockton, Calif.; three sons, Tommy Clarence Jones and wife Bertha of Seattle, Windell Venters and wife Abby of Greenville, and Charles Venters of Dallas; nine daughters, Wanda L. Jones, Mary “Bug” Jones, Belinda Jones Ray, Brenda L. Jones, Avis Jones Roberts, Diane Jones, Mary Nell Jackson, Nadine Traylor Mitchell and Lou Helen Moore, all of Amarillo; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Mary Jones was a dear friend to my mother Ethel Bibles Robison. She was a neighbor like none other. One that cared not only for her children, but for all the children in and out of our neighborhood. You have done a fine job at living and mentoring so many of us and I 'Thank You' for who you are. I pray to see you again one day in that Great City called HEAVEN!
tribute by Lynza Bibles-Harrington