Angelia Pruitt Jones

Friday, March 9th, 2018.

Angelia was born on June 9, 1933 in Kildare, Texas. She

was a graduate of Kildare High School. Angelia

subsequently attended The University of Texas at Austin

where she received a Bachelor of Business

Administration. Upon moving to Texarkana, Texas in

1960, she taught at Texas Senior High School for several

years until retiring to focus on raising her children and

helping her husband, the late Judge Guy E. Jones, with

his legal practice and political career.

Mrs. Jones was very active in many, many charitable and

public organizations in the Texarkana area. Among them

were the Texarkana Lawyer’s Wives Club, where she was

a founding member. She was involved with The Greater

Texarkana Public Library organization “Friends of The

Library”, where she organized prominent public speakers

and other educational opportunities for the citizens of

Texarkana. Angelia was a charter member of “Women for

the Arts.” She was a member of The American

Association of University Women as well as a Life Member

of The University of Texas Ex Students Association.

Mrs. Jones was a member of First Baptist Church of

Texarkana on Moores Lane.

Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents V.S.

Pruitt and Clara Ray Pruitt of Atlanta, Tx as well as her

sisters, Sandra Pruitt Walker of Port Isabel, Tx and

Gwyneth Pruitt of Atlanta, Tx. Mrs. Jones husband of

nearly 50 years, the Honorable Judge Guy Edward Jones,

passed away on November 14, 2004.

She is survived by her son Geoffrey Jones, his wife Cindy

and their 2 children, Grayson and Anna Grace of

Texarkana; her daughter Jennifer Jones McGee, her

husband Patrick of Austin, Texas and their 3 children,

Meredith, Caroline, and Lindy. Angelia’s brother Charles

Pruitt and his wife Judy of Atlanta, Texas as well as her

niece and nephews.

Family will receive friends on Monday March 19, 2018 from

5:30 - 7:30 pm at East Funeral Home on Moores Lane.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday,

March 20, 2018 at First Baptist Church Atrium on Moores Lane with Randy Brown officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park under the direction of East Funeral Home Moores Lane.

The family asks that any memorials in Mrs. Jones honor

be made to First Baptist Church, 3015 Moores Lane, Texarkana, TX 75503 and The

American Heart Association.

Online tributes can be posted at www.eastfuneralhomes.com or East Funeral Home facebook page.