James Thomas (Jimmie) Jones, Sr.

LIFE REFLECTIONS
Ernest Jones and Helen F. Harris-Jones were blessed with a son by the name of James Thomas (Jimmie) Jones, Sr., the “Big Brother” of Ernestine F. Jones-Gordon. Jimmie was born Feb. 8, 1934 in Owensboro, KY.

Jimmie professed a hope in Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized in St. Louis, Missouri at Central Baptist Church by Reverend Dr. T. E. Huntley, Pastor. He later joined Zion Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY where Reverend Larry Lewis is Pastor.

Jimmie was well known and loved by his family and friends. He had an infectious personality that caused him to never meet a stranger. On September 22, 2004 Jimmie was united in Holy Matrimony to Merdis Smith Edwards and has been married for almost 20 years.

Jimmie answered his call from his Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 20, 2021. He leaves to cherish in loving memory, his devoted wife, Merdis Jones, who loved and cared for him; four children, Reverend James T. Jones (Jackie) – Charlotte, NC, Sandra D. Jones-Fountain – Houston, TX, Arthena L. Thomas (John) –Newburgh, IN and Vince Edwards (Jonelle) – Lexington, KY; one sister, Ernestine Jones-Gordon (John) – ST. Louis, MO; one uncle, John Thomas Simmons – St. Louis, MO; twelve grandchildren, Kelly Jones-Brunsma (Mark), Dana Jones-Mauldin (Courtney), Quinton Jones, James David Jones, Jason Jones (LaTanya), Jarrett Jones, Cameron Fountain, Whitney Fountain, Tahara T. Rice, Michael Hayden, Jazlynn Thompson, Virginia Edwards, favorite cousin Rosa Hayden-Brown, a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and his church family Zion Baptist Church, Reverend Larry Lewis, Pastor.

FOREVER IN MY HEART
I thought of you today,
But that is nothing new,
I thought about you yesterday,
And the day before that, too.
I think of you in silence,
I often speak your name,
All I have are memories,
And your picture in a frame.
Your memories are a keepsake,
From which I will never part,
God has you in His arms,
I have you in my heart.

Love, Merdis