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Submitted: 9/6/23 • Approved: 9/6/23 • Last Updated: 9/9/23 • R1499673-G1499671-S3
Garner
October 5, 1947 - December 29, 2009
Garner Lee Jones, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, born October 5, 1947 passed away quietly December 29, 2009. The second son of Fred Lee and Hazel Marie Adams Jones, he was preceded in death by them, as well as by his big brother, Fred G. Jones, half sister, Frankie Marie Kuykendall, his grandparents, Charles and Nora Jones, and Luther and Minnie Ethel Squires Adams, and his "best friend" Midnight. He is survived by his sister-in-law Shirley Jones and two aunts, Floy Lee and Katie Jones.
Garner attended North Side High School, where his spotty grades belied his brilliant mind. Devilishly handsome, he was both a lover and a fighter. He was married three times to two women. He is survived by wife #1, Zella von Segen, and their daughter, Sharolyn Jones-Taylor, and her husband David Taylor, of North Little Rock. He is preceded in death by wife #2 and #3 and long term companion, Marilyn Jo Roland. They have two daughters, Keri Dawn Jones of Boston, Massachusetts, and Michael Denise Jones Paul and her husband Brian Paul of Greenwood. He is also survived by his "grandbabies," Christian Jones, Lane Paul, Bailey Paul, Coltrane Taylor, and Dakota Jones. He will be joining Scotty Lee Jones and Spot Top Jones at the Rainbow Bridge.
Garner was a much-loved Cub Scout leader of Pack 54 and a beloved brother in Phi Lambda Epsilon fraternity. He was secretary and executive committee member of IBEW and secretary of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation. He was co-founder and secretary of Save Our Streams, a grassroots conservation organization that was instrumental in having his beloved Crooked Creek placed on the list of America's Threatened Rivers. He was a member of Theta Kappa at NHS and of Who's Who of America's Junior Colleges at Westark.
Services will be held at Edward's Funeral Home in Fort Smith, at 10:00 Monday, January 4, 2010. Visitation is Sunday, January 3, from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. at Edwards Funeral Home. Pastor and good friend Grady Rice will officiate. Burial will follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Immediately following interment, we will come together to eat, drink, and swap Garner Jones stories, of which there are many.
Pallbearers will be: Bill Fight, Ronn Rogers, Melvin OBana, Bruce Tolbert, Dennis Willis, and Christian Jones.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Lane Paul, Brian Paul, Bill Lockwood, Ken Selby, Ben Selby, Steve Alexander, Val Christian, Bill Haynes, Rodney Mentik, and David Taylor.
Marilyn
March 3, 1951 - April 6, 2008
Marilyn Jo Roland (Jones), 57, of Fort Smith was called home to be with her Savior on Sunday, April 6, 2008. She was born March 3, 1951 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. A life-long Christian, she re-dedicated her life to Jesus in 1997 and joined the Van Buren Church of the Nazarene. She recently attended Evangel Temple in Fort Smith. Marilyn was always active, whether it was playing softball or basketball, making imaginative Halloween costumes for her children and grandchildren or volunteering at church. She loved dancing, sewing, her ya ya sisters, her family, her church family and God, all with intensity. She was employed by Hiram Walker for 27 years.
Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Forth Smith with Pastor Galen Mason (her Bubba) officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Cemetery.
She is survived by her ex-husband and long-time companion, Garner Jones of Fort Smith, two daughters Keri Jones of Boston, MA and Michael Denise Paul and her husband Brian Paul of Greenwood, AR, three treasured grandchildren Christian, Lane and Bailey of Greenwood, a stepdaughter Sharolyn Jones-Taylor and her husband David Taylor of North Little Rock, her mother Geraldine Bowdler of Van Buren and stepfather John Bowdler of Spiro, OK, her brother and sister Joe Dean Roland of Springdale and Sharon Hampton of Fort Smith and her stepmother Carol Roland of Alma, AR., two aunts Imogene McCullough of Pleasant Valley, OK and Mary Mabry of Muskogee, OK and uncles Marceau Roland, Jr. of Wichita Falls, TX and Henry Roland of Okmulgee, OK.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her father Joe Roland, her maternal grandparents Otis and Mae Elizabeth Wasson of Henryetta, OK and her paternal grandparents Marceau Sr. and Louise Roland of Schulter, OK,
Pallbearers will be Christian Jones, Bill Fight, Fred Jones, Brian Paul, David Taylor and Roy Wells. Honorary pallbearers will be Lane Paul, Garner Jones, Joe Dean Roland, Marceau Roland, Jr. and Johnny Mabry.
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