Marjorie Bowden Jones

Charlotte – After a life of love, service and faithfulness, Marjorie Carolyn Bowden Jones, 92, joined her Creator on September 11, 2015. Born on September 7, 1923 in Paris, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Annie Laurie Hoffman Bowden.

Although Marjorie started Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, her dedication to service and love of adventure called her to join the Navy as a Navy WAVE in 1942. After serving in Washington, D.C. during World War II, flying around the country and breaking many hearts, she returned to Murray State and married the love of her life, a tall dark and handsome John Thomas (JT) Jones, who lovingly referred to her as “Face” due to her natural beauty and grace. While teaching art and raising two of her four children, Marjorie earned a degree from Murray State and graduated in 1952. Always the artist, she was brilliant at interior design, and used her talents to sell real estate in Charlotte for over 20 years. Sharing, serving, guiding and loving her family were some of her greatest pleasures and greatest gifts to her adoring family. Nanny, as she is known to her grandchildren, was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.

In addition to her parents and her Lord, joyfully greeting Marjorie were her beloved husband, JT; her sisters, Sarah Jane Bowden and Betty Bowden Bryant; her son, John Michael Jones; her grandson, Jonah Gray; and her son-in-law, Steve McNeal.

Surviving are her children, Leslie Jones of Charlotte, NC, Patti Newsom (Steve) of Columbia, SC and Melissa McNeal of Charlotte, NC; her brother, Dr. Robert Bowden (Gail) of Blacksburg, VA; her daughter-in-law, Dr. Frances Story Jones of Lancaster, SC; her eight grandchildren, Marcus Dilley (Ashley) and Annie Jones (Jason) of Fort Mill, SC, Jami Budd (Brian) of Arcola, IL, Chris Jones (Marcia) of Greenwood, IN, Erika Byrd (Jordan) and Taylor Newsom of Greenville, SC, Jennifer Cassell (Robert) of Winston-Salem, NC and Austin McNeal (Crystal) of Reidsville, NC; her special grandchildren, Stacey, Joshua and Caleb Story of Lancaster, SC; her fourteen great-grandchildren, Liberty, Honor and Justus Dilley, Talan and Jax Jones, Madelyn, Collin and Elizabeth Budd, Emma and Elliott Jones, Jones Byrd, and Olivia, Hannah and Colby Gray; and special family and friends, all who cherish her memory and give thanks for the blessing she was to their lives.

Services will be private for the family.

To continue Marjorie’s dedication to children and those less fortunate, memorial contributions can be made to Urban Ministries Center and Second Harvest in Charlotte, NC.