Robert Lee Jones, 91

 

Funeral services for Robert Lee Jones, 91, of Ava, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in the Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava with burial following in the Longrun Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava. Officiating will be Pastor Oren Alcorn. 

Robert died Nov. 9, at his daughter’s home in Springhill, Louisiana. He was born Jan. 22, 1931 in Isabella, to Ervin and Fannie (Hillhouse) Jones.

Robert was a veteran, serving in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War. 

On Dec. 29, 1972, Robert and Edna Pellham were married in Wasola. 

He retired from the Missouri Department of Transportation at Wasola as a shed foreman for many years.

He was a Christian and a member of the Longrun General Baptist Church. While in Ava he attended the Ava General Baptist Church.  

Robert loved everything to do with fishing. He also enjoyed music, especially country and bluegrass. He loved serving people. He will be missed in the community and his neighborhood.

Robert is survived by his daughter and her husband, Shelia and Bobby Parsons of Springhill, Louisiana; granddaughters Jeana Rushing and Lisa Maraspini; great grandsons Caleb, Lucas and Joshua; sister Pat Smith; many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Edna in 2006; one brother, James Jones; four sisters Madge, Mary, Hazel and Iva.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Cancer Research.  Online condolences may be made to www.clinkingbeardfuneralhome.com.

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