James Perry Jones

James "Jim" Perry Jones 1942 - 2011 James "Jim" Perry Jones of Bakersfield, CA, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at the age of 69, of natural causes at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Jim was born on September 8, 1942 in Perkins, OK to Perry H. Jones, Jr. and E. Mae Lewis-Jones. He served in the US Air Force as an Airman Third Class from 1961 to 1962. Jim attended COS in Visalia and CSUB. He married Laura M V Jones on January 14, 1976. He was employed as a Network Engineer at the Kern Co. Assessor/Recorder's Office for 10 years before retiring in July of this year. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Perry H. Jones, Jr. and E. Mae Lewis-Jones, step-mother, Margaret L. Jones, brothers, Joseph and Robert Jones, first wife, Elaine Avila, and numerous aunts and uncles. He is survived by Laura M V Jones, his wife of over 35 years, children, Theresa and Paul Benham and family, Danielle and Todd Haverson and family, Kimberly and Mike Redenius and family, Michael-James and Patricia Jones and family, great grand-children, Tyler and Damien Orrick, and one on the way, his canine children, Gypsy-Rose and Dakota, half-sisters, Pamela Jane and Joe Lujan and family, and C Anne McGinnis, sisters-in-law, Zinda Vasconcellos, Virginia and Roberto Ramos and family, Claudia and Gilberto Zalfa and family, Maryanne Godfrey-Jones and Delfina Jones, brothers-in-law, Haroldo and Ivanisse Vasoncellos and family, Marcelo Vasconcellos, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. In accordance with Jim's wishes, there will be no viewing or burial services. A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Christ the King Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m., with Monsignor Frost officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Jim to the American Humane Society. Though our loss is great and our burden is heavy, his has been lifted. www.bakersfield.com/obits

Published in Bakersfield Californian on December 3, 2011

Arrangements under the direction of Mish Funeral Home, Bakersfield, CA.