Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
2:49 pm Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Carlos S. Jones

January 11, 2016

 

Carlos Sam Jones, 89, Russellville, passed away Jan. 11 at his home.

Mr. Jones lived several years in Joliet, Ill., but for the past 28 years lived in Russellville. He was a WWII Army veteran and a retired construction worker.

Funeral service will be Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville, with Darren Steward and Stan Galloway officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service from noon until time of funeral. Entombment will follow in Franklin Memory Mausoleum.

Survivors include wife, Vera Jones; children, Martha Adams, David and wife Sue Jones and Carlos Lee Jones; stepson, Donnie and wife Brenda Hollaway; sisters, Ardis Woodruff, Sue Shewbart and Linda Edgar; brothers, Jay Jones, Donald Jones and John Paul Jones; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; one special great grandson, Dalton Blalock; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by parents, William Troy and Mary Fannie Jones; infant son; brothers, William Royce, Ralph and Raymond Jones; and sister Jane Harrell.

 

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