Jewel Lee Bailey

JEWEL LEE JONES - BAILEY WAS BORN IN CUERO, TEXAS TO JOHN T. JONES AND AGNES BROWN - JONES, ON DECEMBER 30, 1942. SHE BEGAN AND COMPLETED HER FORMAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE DAULE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN CUERO TEXAS IN 1960. SHE MET AND MARRIED FRED R. BAILEY. IN 1967, THEY LATER RELOCATED AND MOVED THEIR FAMILTY TO DALLAS, TEXAS. JEWEL ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS BAPTIZED AT AN EARLY AGE. UPON HER ARRIVAL TO DALLAS SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF SAINT JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE REMAINED AN ACTIVE MEMBER UNTIL HER DEMISE. JEWEL WORKED FOR THE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. AFTER RETIREMENT, SHE WORKED WITH TWO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; OAK LAWN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AIDS INTERFAITH. JEWEL LIVED HER LIFE AS A LOVING WIFE, A LOVING MOTHER, A LOVING GRANDMOTHER AND A LOVING FRIEND. JEWEL WAS ONE WHO HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF EACH PERSON SHE MET AND WAS A MOTHER TO ALL SHE KNEW. SHE NEVER MET A STRANGER AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JOHN T. JONES AND AGNES BROWN- JONES, A SISTER, MARY LOU PLESANT; BROTHERS, CORNELIUS PATTON AND FREDDIE LEE JONES, A SON, KELO LYNDELL BAILEY AND A NEPHEW, LEONARD L. PATTON. SHE LEAVES TO HONOR AND CHERISH HER MEMORIES: HER HUSBAND, FRED R BAILEY, SR.; DAUGHTER, JACQUELINE BAILEY- SMITH,; SON, FRED R. BAILEY, JR.; TWO GRANDSON’S, BRANDON DEPAUL BAILEY (DANIELLE), AND CORNEIL LYNDELL BAILEY; ONE GRANDDAUGTHER, BAILEE ALEXIS SMITH,; ONE GREAT GRANDSON, BRANDON DEPAUL BAILEY JR.; NIECES, CHIRITA PATTON MURRAY, PAULETTE WESTMORELAND (GREGORY), SALISHA PATTON,; NEPHEWS, ANTHONY R. PATTON, FREDDIE LEE JONES, JR.; CORNELIUS PATTON, JR.; AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER COUSINS, RELATIVES AND SPECIAL FRIENDS.