Amanda Gayle Jones, age 36, of Smiths Station, Alabama passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019. A Memorial Celebration of Amanda's Life will be held Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM In Edgewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus, GA 31907.
Mandy was born July 12, 1983 in Columbus, Georgia to Linda Faye Smith and James Alto Walden. She was a 2001 graduate of Smiths Station High and was currently enrolled in the Nursing Program at CVCC. She was very shy, and kept to herself most of the time. Mandy loved her family, especially her nieces and nephews who called her Aunt Buuk. She loved all kinds of music and was a giant Elvis fan and movie buff. Mandy was an avid reader and loved her dogs and cats. Though she was not married, she believed in the sanctity of marriage and the vows before God. She was very spiritual and studied astrology. Mandy taught by example to be patient and care for others. She was very intuitive in knowing what others' needs were and always put others first. To know her was to love her. She will always be remembered as a caring, loving, and supportive daughter, sister, aunt and friend.
Amanda was preceded in death by her father, James Alto Walden, and nephew, Christopher Snellgrove.
She is survived by her mother, Linda Faye Smith; brother, Pete Jones; sisters, Christa Jones-Greeson and Mary Elizabeth Jones-Snellgrove; nephews, William “Doodle” Snellgrove, Kaleb Greeson, Gabriel Greeson and Colton Brown; nieces, Brittany Kinard, Abby Jones, and Elora Brown; great nieces, Ryleigh and London Kinard; and many other family members and friends.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.shcolumbus.com for the Jones family.
Mandy's Favorite Poem:
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
