Gladys "Vera" Jones, age 89, of Eight Mile, Alabama passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Vera was born Thursday, January 5, 1933, in Yazoo City, Mississippi to the late Benjamin Joseph and Gladys Mae Johnston Collins. Vera worked at Bob's Old Fashioned Ice Cream in Bel Air Mall as a store Manager before retiring and was a faithful member of Indian Springs Baptist Church.
If you asked Vera what her greatest accomplishment was, she would tell you raising her four children, making a home and being a Stay-At-Home Mom for many years. She was a member of Port City Craftsmen for many years making beautiful quilts and home décor items. Vera was known affectionately as MeMe by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She liked to shop, work in her yard, and sewing quilts for her family and friends.
Vera was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, James Lamar Jones, Sr.; two grandchildren: Ashley Elizabeth Jones, Infant Jamie Jones; one son-in-law, William James Alexander, III; and a life long friend, Patricia Sims of Malbis, Alabama.
Left to cherish Vera's beautiful memories will be her four children: Deborah Jones Graham (James), James Lamar Jones, Jr., Terri Renee Jones Alexander, Jeffery Scott Jones, Sr.; seven grandchildren: James Matthew Graham (Christine), Michael Edward Graham, Jeffery Scott Jones, Jr., James Dalton Jones, John Collins (Jack) Alexander, Darla Graham Strickland, Regina Graham Said; two great-grandchildren: Jace Micaiah Graham, McKayla Faith Graham; along with many extended family members and a host of wonderful friends.
The family would like to express their sincerest gratitude to Springhill Home Health Care and Hospice, Sharon, Debbie, neighbors, and friends who fed both our bodies and souls.
A visitation for Vera will be held Monday, April 11, 2022 from 1:00 PM until time of service at 2:00 PM at Radney Funeral Home, 1200 Industrial Pkwy, Saraland, Alabama 36571, with Bro. Charles Couey officiating. Interment will immediately follow on the grounds of Valhalla Memorial Garden, Eight Mile, Alabama.
Memorials may be made in honor of Gladys Vera Jones to Indian Springs Baptist Church, 4241 Lott Road, Eight Mile, Alabama 36613.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.RadneyFuneralHome-Saraland.com for the Jones family.
