James Jackson Jones, 66, of Centertown, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at his home. He was born May 7, 1948, in Ohio County to James Mitchell and Ina Lucille Kessinger Jones.
He was a member of Echols General Baptist Church and was retired from Nestaway. He was a farmer for most of his life and a member of the NRA. James loved to hunt, fish and garden, watch UK Basketball and most of all he loved his wife, kids and grandkids.
He was preceded in death by his father, James Mitchell Jones.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Lola Marie Jones, of Centertown; two daughters, Rosa Marie Thompson, of Beaver Dam, and Geneva Lynn Clapp and her husband, David, of Manila, Ark.; his mother, Lucille Jones, of Beaver Dam; two brothers, Arvin Jones and his wife, Laura, of Beaver Dam and Elvis Jones and his wife, Darlene, of Hartford; three sisters, Virginia Southard and her husband, Fred, of Beaver Dam, Ann Hayes and her husband, Stanley, of Hartford, and Leona Szitasy, of Beaver Dam; eight grandchildren, Adam Ray Ferguson and his wife, Megan, Andrea Janel Thompson, Dana Nicole Clapp, Torrey James Thompson, Brett Dillon Thompson, Christopher Lance Thompson, David Otis Clapp III and his wife, Ashley, and Damon Scott Clapp and his wife, Kayla, and two great-grandchildren, Eden Faith Clapp and Zander Scott Clapp.
Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Jeff Evans officiating. Burial will be in Echols Cemetery in Echols. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence can be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.