James Martin “Butch” Jones December 15, 1941 – July 26, 2017 James Martin “Butch” Jones, 75, of Raleigh, passed away Wednesday. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home, 2704 Nash St. N, Wilson, NC. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Saturday, prior to the service, at Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife, Jean Henry Jones; one daughter, Cathy Jones of Raleigh; one son, Martin Jones and wife, Julia, of Jamestown; two grandsons, Whit Jones and Cooper Jones, both of Jamestown; an aunt, Thelma Phillips of Spring Hope; and a brother-in-law, William Henry of Nashville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie Daniel and Neveda Edwards Jones, and a sister, Martha Ann Pearce. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association, Eastern North Carolina Chapter, 5171 Glenwood Ave., Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27612. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Home, Wilson, NC. Online condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.com.
