Funeral services for Sarah Jean Kathleen Shields Jones, 85, of Glen Allan will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 12, 2013 at Lake Washington First Baptist Church, Glen Allan. She died Monday, September 9, 2013 at her home in Glen Allan after a lengthy illness. Burial will be in County Line Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.
Jean was born January 19, 1928 in Louisville, MS to the late William and Sally Shields. She graduated Glen Allan High School in 1945 and had received a basketball scholarship to MS Delta Community College. She married E. F. “Spud” Jones in 1947 and was a nurse and nurses’ aide instructor for 45 years in Port Sulphur, LA, Greenville, MS and Rolling Fork, MS. Jean was a member of Lake Washington First Baptist Church of Glen Allan.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Spud Jones, two sons, Glenn Jones and Ronnie Jones, one sister, Gladys Duke of Glen Allan, two brothers, Billy Shields of Mobile, AL and Jerry Shields of Glen Allan. She is survived by two sons, Ricky Jones (Linda) of Sweetwater, TX and Shorty Jones (Sandy) of Glen Allan , brother, Frank Shields of Theodore, AL, a daughter-in-law, Nell of Louisiana, and four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, 12 nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Lake Washington First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Lake Washington First Baptist Church Children’s fund.