John Carroll Jones' Obituary
John Carroll Jones
Graveside services for John Carroll Jones, 83, of Longview will be held at 1 PM Monday, December 6, 2004 at Memory Park Cemetery with the Reverend Kenneth Mills officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview, 1617 Judson Road.
Carroll was born in Kilgore on January 13, 1921 to John Moses and Willie Leona Jones. He passed away on Friday, December 3, 2004 in a Longview hospital. Carroll lived all of his life in and around this East Texas area. He worked for many years and retired from Texas Eastman.
Carroll married Thelma Elizabeth Trotter on June 15, 1940, and soon after they had three daughters and one son. He loved to hunt, fish, travel, and tease his grandchildren.
A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Carroll was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters; two brothers; and one daughter, Betty Janis. He is survived by his wife, Thelma Jones of Longview; son, Ronnie Jones of Longview; daughters and son-in-law, Barbara Boedeker of Richardson; Joyce and Ross Eaton of Carthage, MO.; two grandsons, Reagan Robbins of Mesquite, Robin Jones of Houston; three granddaughters, Melissa and Steve Heaton of Gilmer, Merinda and Joe House of Alba, Denise Jones of Houston; and six great grandchildren.
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