Joe Jones

Biography

Joe K. Jones, age 78 of Santa Anna, Texas passed away Saturday September 4, 2010 at a local nursing facility. Funeral Services will be 2PM Wednesday September 8, 2010 at First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Austin Ave in Waco Texas with Rev. Dr. Jimmie Johnson and Dr. David Mosser officiating. The family will receive visitors in the Parlor of First Presbyterian immediately following the service on Wednesday. There will be visitation at Henderson Funeral Home in Santa Anna, Texas from 4 to 6PM Thursday September 9, 2010. A private family burial will take place at Stewardson Cemetery in Coleman County Texas.

Joe was born December 3, 1931 in Jasper Arkansas, to Eva and Will Jones. He was the fourth of five sons and was baptized in the Christian Church at the Little Buffalo River in Jasper Arkansas. He married Joyce Joyner on December 13, 1969.

He graduated from Jasper High School in 1950. After High School he attended Arkansas Teachers College (University of Central Arkansas) on a basketball scholarship. He joined the Air Force in 1952 and was stationed at Luke Air Force base in Phoenix Arizona until his discharge as a Staff Sergeant in 1955. He moved to Dallas Texas and owned and operated several Exxon Service Stations in Oak Cliff and Duncanville. He was an Exxon distributor in Brownwood Texas for 5 years. Following his retirement in 1994 he moved to his beloved 1116 Ranch in Coleman County Texas where he enjoyed raising his cattle, hunting, fishing and playing cards.

He was preceded in death by three brothers Dorwin, Harold and Don Charles.

Joe is survived by his wife Joyce (Joyner) of 42 years; son Will and his wife Merryl of Waco; daughter Pamala Eddleman and her husband Don of Santa Anna, Texas; brother Brasel and his wife Drucilla of Jasper Arkansas; and the true love and joy of his life, his three grandsons Will Eddleman, Grant and Reid Jones. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church in Jasper Arkansas and the Santa Anna library in Santa Anna, Texas.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Providence Hospice for their loving care.