J.D Jones, age 97, of Delta, Alabama passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023. A funeral service will be held in his remembrance on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Gray Brown Funeral Home 1329 Wilmer Avenue Anniston Alabama 36206 at 2:00 pm in the chapel with Rev. Tim Phillips officiating. A graveside service will be held at Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery 142 Bethlehem Church Rd. Oxford, Alabama 36203 immediately following the funeral service. The family will be receiving friends for a formal time of visitation before the funeral service in the chapel from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm. Pallbearers will be Dalton Mitchell, James Lamar Hooper, Toney Ray Jones, Erin Ray Mitchell, David Hooper, and Derriel Hooper.
J.D is survived by his sons James Doyle Jones; Lowell Ray Jones; Robert Louis Jones; and George Wilton Jones; his daughters Margaret Marie Moore; and Geneva Rebecca Bolt; his sister Sarah Reaves; his grandchildren Ernest Dodson, Maryann Hooper, Derriel Hooper, James Dee Jones, Tommy Jones, Toney Ray Jones, Ashley Neckcoe Jones, Eleizabath Brooks, Robin Marie Brooks, and Mechell Jones, along with many great-grandchildren.
J.D was preceded in death by his wife Margaret Elizabath Clayton Jones; his father George W. Jones and his mother Clara R Strickland Jones; his brothers William J. Jones; George L. Jones; John Henry Jones; and Oliver Jones; his sister Mary Etta Jones Johns; and his grandchild James Lamar Brooks.
J.D. was such a good father and husband who loved his family very much. He was definitely a man who enjoyed life. He raised all kinds of animals such as pigs, chickens and cows. Those cows were his favorites. Throughout most of his life he had several gardens which he enjoyed tending to and working every single year. Being outdoors was a way of life for J.D. as he also loved to fish and hunt a lot. However, there wasn't much that could top his daughter, Margaret's homemade cookies. Mr. Jones will definitely be greatly missed by not only his family, but by all who were blessed enough to call him friend.
