Nelda Jones, 93, of Amarillo, Texas passed away on December 24, 2023. Funeral services are scheduled for 10am, Friday, December 29, 2023 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for a visitation from 5-7pm on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Nelda was born on December 8, 1930 to Alfred and Chassie LaRock in Memphis, Texas. She grew up in Quail, Mclean, and Memphis, Texas. Nelda attended high school in Quail, Texas. She began her career as a seamstress in McLean, Texas for the Marie Foundation, where she became very talented at sewing clothes and making patchwork quilts for many years. She later began working as a Caregiver for home health and loved it. She would even try to take care of the elderly when she moved into the nursing home. Nelda married her late husband, Sherman Jones and together, they shared 10 years of marriage. Nelda had a great love for fishing, traveling, and making quilts all throughout her life. Although she wasn't too heavy on grandchildren, when they finally came along, she loved them greatly. Nelda also loved her two Yorkies, Angel and Dusty. She also really loved birds, especially hummingbirds and cardinals. Nelda was also an exceptionally wonderful gardener and she was known to grow the absolute best tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash.
Nelda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sherman Jones; her six sisters; one brother; her daughter-in-law, Cathy Richards; and her granddaughter, Angela Richards.
Survivors left to cherish her memory are her three children, Bobby Richards and wife, Annette, Nila Ellison, and Marshall Richards; her two sisters, Margaret and Nora; eleven grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren, and a host of other extended family members and friends who will all miss her greatly.
