Jennie Merle McGaha Jones, 81, of LaFayette passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018. She was a member of Sunnyside Baptist Church. Jennie was known by many for her gift of cooking and even wrote her own cookbook “Home Cookin’ with Jennie and Harold Jones” where she proudly passed on her family recipes to anyone that shared her love of cooking. From everyday rituals, like Sunday dinner for the family, the annual Christmas breakfast spread, to her homemade doughnuts, she made sure her family knew they were special to her.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Arnold; brothers, Leon McGaha, Jimmy McGaha and Russell McGaha.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harold “Cotton” Jones; daughters, Vanessa King and Sandra and Jip Hamilton; son, Steve and Sheila Jones; grandchildren, Mason King, Hillary Millican, David Hamilton, and Jon Hamilton; great grandchildren, Isaac Hamilton, Jacob Hamilton, Grace Hamilton, Lanie Hamilton, and Jesse Millican; several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 in the Wilbanks Memorial Chapel with Pastor Randy Avans officiating.
Interment will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in LaFayette Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers are David Hamilton, Jon Hamilton, Mason King, Bill Sylar, David Johnson, and Edward Mitchell.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m. until hour of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Sunnyside Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Arnold; brothers, Leon McGaha, Jimmy McGaha and Russell McGaha.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harold “Cotton” Jones; daughters, Vanessa King and Sandra and Jip Hamilton; son, Steve and Sheila Jones; grandchildren, Mason King, Hillary Millican, David Hamilton, and Jon Hamilton; great grandchildren, Isaac Hamilton, Jacob Hamilton, Grace Hamilton, Lanie Hamilton, and Jesse Millican; several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 in the Wilbanks Memorial Chapel with Pastor Randy Avans officiating.
Interment will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in LaFayette Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers are David Hamilton, Jon Hamilton, Mason King, Bill Sylar, David Johnson, and Edward Mitchell.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m. until hour of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Sunnyside Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
Jennie Merle McGaha Jones, 81, of LaFayette passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018. She was a member of Sunnyside Baptist Church. Jennie was known by many for her gift of cooking and even wrote her own cookbook “Home Cookin’ with Jennie and Harold Jones” where she proudly passed on her family recipes to anyone that shared her love of cooking. From everyday rituals, like Sunday dinner for the family, the annual Christmas breakfast spread, to her homemade doughnuts, she made sure her family knew they were special to her.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Arnold; brothers, Leon McGaha, Jimmy McGaha and Russell McGaha.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harold “Cotton” Jones; daughters, Vanessa King and Sandra and Jip Hamilton; son, Steve and Sheila Jones; grandchildren, Mason King, Hillary Millican, David Hamilton, and Jon Hamilton; great grandchildren, Isaac Hamilton, Jacob Hamilton, Grace Hamilton, Lanie Hamilton, and Jesse Millican; several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 in the Wilbanks Memorial Chapel with Pastor Randy Avans officiating.
Interment will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in LaFayette Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers are David Hamilton, Jon Hamilton, Mason King, Bill Sylar, David Johnson, and Edward Mitchell.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m. until hour of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Sunnyside Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Arnold; brothers, Leon McGaha, Jimmy McGaha and Russell McGaha.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harold “Cotton” Jones; daughters, Vanessa King and Sandra and Jip Hamilton; son, Steve and Sheila Jones; grandchildren, Mason King, Hillary Millican, David Hamilton, and Jon Hamilton; great grandchildren, Isaac Hamilton, Jacob Hamilton, Grace Hamilton, Lanie Hamilton, and Jesse Millican; several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018 in the Wilbanks Memorial Chapel with Pastor Randy Avans officiating.
Interment will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in LaFayette Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers are David Hamilton, Jon Hamilton, Mason King, Bill Sylar, David Johnson, and Edward Mitchell.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m. until hour of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Sunnyside Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
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