JOSEPHINE JONES

JACKSON -- Josephine Mary Jones, 91, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 25, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born June 8, 1906, at Fairfax, daughter of Moses Christopher and Mary Elizabeth Clevenger Hedrick. She and Herman L. Jones were married Feb. 7, 1927. He died in 1973.

Jones had been a member of Pleasant Valley Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Epworth League Group. She later transferred to Rupe Grove Methodist Church, where she taught a children's Sunday School class many years, and was a charter member of Women's Society of Christian Service.

When the Rupe Church closed she transferred her membership to Fairfax United Methodist Church. She was a charter member of BZN Club. She moved to Jackson in 1983.

Survivors include a daughter, Wilma Wilcoxson of Jackson; a niece she raised, Donna Porter of Butler; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, and five sisters.

Friends may call at Schooler Funeral Home in Fairfax from 5:30-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Fairfax United Methodist Church. Burial will be in English Grove Cemetery near Fairfax.

McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson was in charge of local arrangements.