Francine was born in Ida, Louisiana. on March 2, 1932, to Zelma Harkins Munnerlyn and Virgil Munnerlyn. Many of her Munnerlyn relatives knew her as Bookie, a nickname given to her as a child. On August 3rd,1951 she married Thomas Curtis Jones (deceased 2018). She studied music at Louisiana Tech for two years and then supported her husband while he was in college. She and Curtis settled down in Arlington Texas in 1963 and remained there until death. She worked as a church administrative assistant including the Methodist District Office in Fort Worth and various churches in the area. She was a tireless church volunteer in her younger years and was a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Arlington. She was a devoted mother to her three children, an accomplished pianist and enjoyed working puzzles of all kinds in her later years. She also had a strong love of history and spent many years compiling an extensive genealogical history of the Munnerlyn family. Though her research, she was able to connect with unknown family members from the Munnerlyn lineage. SURVIVORS: She is survived by her three children, Brenda Jones Murphy, Russell Jones, and Teresa Jones Crouch; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A visitation for Francine will be held Thursday, January 21, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Moore Bowen Road Funeral Home, 4216 South Bowen Road, Arlington, TX 76016. A graveside service will occur Friday, January 22, 2021 from 11:15 AM to 11:30 PM at Dallas Fort-Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75211.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.moorebowenroad.com for the Jones family.
