Services for Donna will be held at Belmont Baptist Church, 2117 Palms St., Abilene, Texas at 1:00pm on Monday, February 26, 2024 with Pastor Mark Moore and Stan Standridge officiating(Services will be livestreamed via link below obituary). Interment will follow in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories. Visitation will be Sunday, February 25, 2024 at Elliot-Hamil Funeral Home at 5701 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas from 5pm to 7pm.
Donna was born November 7, 1957 in Lubbock, Texas to Billy B. and Jolene Jones. Donna moved to Abilene, Texas starting her 7th grade year and graduated from Abilene Cooper High School in 1976. She attended Cisco Jr. College in Cisco, Texas, where she obtained her license in Cosmetology. Donna was a member of the Cisco College Wrangler Belles and performed in the Macy’s Day Parade in New York.
Donna began her career at the Abilene Police Department in 1984 as a dispatcher, and then would become the first female Dispatch Manager at the APD in 1994. She then became Division Manager over Property and Records in 2007 until her retirement in 2017, after 35 years of service to the City of Abilene Police Department. After her retirement, she was hired back to the department to conduct background checks for APD new hires for police, 911 dispatchers, and the records division. Donna was committed to finding good individuals for those positions, as she cared deeply for the people of the APD and the Abilene community. She was still an active employee at the time of her death.
Donna was an active and committed member of Beta Sigma Phi Social Sorority for well over two decades. She was active in many community charities that were close to her heart, including the AISD Homeless Program, Hendrick Blood Center—she was in the 5-7 Gallons donation list, elections volunteer for the county, and the RSVP Program. Donna is remembered for being the first one there for volunteering and helping with projects and friends. Donna was loved by many and will be sorely missed.
Donna is preceded in death by her mother Jolene Day; her father Billy B. Jones; her mother-in-law Freida Littlefield; her sister-in-law Brenda Bowman and husband Elvin Bowman; her niece Christy Clark; brother-in-law Jack Hutson; and nephew Christopher Hutson.
Donna is survived by her husband Gary Littlefield; two brothers Bruce Jones (Janyce) of Aransas Pass, TX, and Keith Jones (Marilyn) of Midland; one sister Nancy Jones of Abilene; sisters-in-law Barbara Hutson and Betty Byrom (John); numerous nieces and nephews; and other loving family members and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor of Abilene ISD Homeless Foster Care Program c/o of Darrin Cox or Rescue the Animals.
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