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Submitted: 7/13/22 • Approved: 8/15/22 • Last Updated: 8/18/22 • R1439766-G1439765-S3
Leonard Ray Jones
May 25, 1917 - November 10, 2002
Rue Howell Jones
November 21, 1919 - October 18, 2018
*Obituary
Leonard R. Jones, 85, of Van Buren died Sunday, November 10, 2002 in a local hospital.
He was a deacon and member of the First Baptist Church in Van Buren, a member of Burton Masonic Lodge No. 30 in Muldrow and a Navy veteran of World War II.
He was a retired manager of DeSoto Furniture Co.
He was survived by his wife, Rue; a daughter, Euvonnie Jean Lankford of Van Buren; a son, Lindsey Faye Jones of Van Buren; a brother, Sequoyah Ross Jones of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church in Van Buren with burial and Masonic graveside service at Gracelawn Cemetery.
*Obituary
Rue Howell Jones, 98 of Van Buren passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 in a local nursing home.
She was retired from General Electric and was a member of First Baptist Church in Van Buren, a member of the Eastern Star and the UAW Union.
She was preceded in death by her husband Leonard Jones; both parents Andrew Wallace and Josie Catherine (McFarland) Howell; four brothers; six sisters; one granddaughter Sheri Ferrell.
She is survived by one daughter Euvonnie Jean Lankford of Van Buren; one son Lindsey Faye Jones of Van Buren; one grandson Roger Lankford of Van Buren; five great-grandchildren Sasha Gallagher of Barling, Lacey Chamberlain of Fort Smith, Joshua Ferrell of Fort Smith, Zachary Cranford of Van Buren and Gabrielle Cranford of Fort Smith; two great-great grandchildren Owen Gallagher and Brycen Denney.
Funeral services will be 10AM, Monday October 22, 2018 at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren.
Pallbearers will be Zac Cranford, Gabe Cranford, Josh Ferrell and Jonathan Gallagher.
Honorary Pallbearer will be Lindsey Jones.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 7/13/22 by Bill060
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