Hernando - MELINDA KAYE BATEMAN JONES, 47, housewife and mother, died March 16, 2013. She was a graduate of Kirby High School. Visitation 12-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 with the Funeral Service immediately following at Brantley Funeral Home Olive Branch. Burial in Blocker Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her father, Jerry Dale Bateman. She is survived by her husband, Chris Jones; daughter, Samantha Jones; sons Billy Carter and Devon Crowdus; mother, Harriet Bateman; sisters, Carolyn Webb and Katie Johnson; brothers, Kaylon Bateman and Jeffery Bateman; and her grandchildren, Lee Carter, Nathan Crowdus, and Cadence Huddleston. Memorials may be made to Wings Cancer Foundation. Brantley Funeral Home (662)895-2310
