NAME: W. R. DUB JONES, AGE 77, A RESIDENT OF ALLEN AND FORMER LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 26, 1921 AT BRUNO IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO EDWARD W. AND CLARA (KEY) JONES. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 AT WOODLAND HILL NURSING CENTER IN ALLEN, OK. AGE: 77 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEADER, CENTRAHOMA, AND TUPELO, OK. MARRIED: NELL LOUISE SCOTT ON JANUARY 15, 1944 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM TINKER AIR FORCE BASE WITH SOME 21 YEARS SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE IN CENTRAHOMA. DUB WAS BORN IN ATOKA COUNTY AND RAISED IN BOTH ATOKA AND COAL COUNTIES. HE LIVED FROM 1951 TO 1972 IN MIDWEST CITY AND MOVED BACK TO THE TUPELO AREA WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH. DUB WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. AFTER HE RETIRED AND CAME BACK TO THE TUPELO AREA HE WORKED FOR MOBIL MATERIALS ON BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. HE ALSO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE TUPELO SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DROVE A SCHOOL BUS. DUB LOVED TO CAMP AND FISH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOUISE JONES OF THEIR HOME IN ALLEN, OK. CHILDREN: JUDY ANN RHOADS OF MOORE, OK. WALTER ROY JONES AND WIFE MARY OF CLAREMORE, OK. JAMES JONES OF ALLEN, OK. GARY WAYNE JONES OF ADA, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: CLYDE JONES AND WIFE EDITH OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: NELLIE SCOTT OF TUPELO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EDWARD AND CLARA JONES. SON: ERNEST RAY JONES. BROTHERS: WILLIE AND HOWARD JONES.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. INTERMENT: BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DANNY ALEXANDER. CASKETBEARERS: WILL JONES, PAUL JONES, BILLY CLYDE JONES, EDDIE SPRATT, BRIAN SCOTT, SCOTT KIRBY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SCOTT STINNETT, JOHNNY STINNETT, TIMMY STINNETT, JOHNNY OSBORN, LEON NORFLEET, W. B. BOLAND.