Janice was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 27, 1961 to Leon G. Jones and Virginia Mae Cosier Walt Jones. She grew up and lived in Bossier City most of her life. She graduated from Bossier High School in 1979. Later, she took a course in Phlebotomy Sciences and was certified in 1988 as a Phlebotomy Technician. She then worked as a Phlebotomist for Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center. She loved her New Orleans Saints, LSU Tigers and family gatherings during all the birthdays and holidays. She loved going to listen to bands and dancing with her daddy and all her friends. Her most treasured hobbies were crochet, sewing and quilting. She had something so special about her when it came to new friends and family and didn’t matter the time frame from when you met her, she loved you like her own from the first moment of meeting, it’s like she knew you for years.
Janice is survived by: her ex-husband, Mike Herren (still close friends). She is also survived by her children: Jessica Gooden (married to Jeremy Gooden), Scarlet Herren, Jennifer Herren and Katherine Herren; grandchildren include: Deja Herren, Markus Herren, Jasmine Marie, Brennan Vallin, Julian Vallin; great grandsons, Jaxon Gooden and Josie Gooden; and sisters include: Linda Knoles-McKenna, Helen Jones Davis and Maurine Jones Crenshaw.
Janice was preceded in death by: her parents: Leon G. Jones and Virginia Mae Cosier Walt Jones; brother, Larry Walt; sister; Arlene Jones; and recently, her best friend, Gayle Nix-Davidson.
Services will be held at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home, Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 11:00am. Visitation will begin earlier that morning at 9:00am for immediate family and regular visitation will begin at 10:00am. Committal Service and Interment to follow in Pilkinton Cemetery, on East Linton Road and Judy Lane in Benton, LA 71006.
The family wishes to express their gratitude for all your thoughts and prayers. Janice will be lovingly remembered by all her family and friends.
