Patricia Ann Jones, age 72, passed away peacefully November 22, 2020. She was born August 8, 1948 in Sugarland, Texas to Cecil and Mary Ellis of Stafford. She graduated in 1966 from John Foster Dulles High School. She was the oldest of five children, and is preceded in death by her father Cecil Lovelace Ellis, and brothers Cecil Wayne Ellis and Timothy Ellis.
To know Patricia Jones is to know how it feels to be loved, and loved well. She showed it constantly, without abandon. She loved by making things with her hands, she loved by flashing her Ellis smile, she loved by sharing her faith in Jesus, and she loved by giving pet names to people she adored. To put it simply, she loved by showing up for our lives and making an indelible mark. Patricia fiercely loved her family and her friends. She cherished her roles as a daughter, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother (and great grandmother and great aunt). Her love and adoration for her family often shadowed her own struggles.
It was rare that Patricia met a challenge she couldn't conquer. She beat cancer twice, and she did it with a smile on her face and the Lord in her heart. As she fought for the last 20 years, she kept overcoming, fighting and showing up for life and her family. Her steadfast faith, resilience, generosity, and courage serves as a beacon of hope for how all of us can do hard things in times of uncertainty and hardship.
Patricia is survived by her daughter and husband Shannon and Ron Carson; mother, Mary Ellis; sister and husband Mary and Ed Richey, brother and wife Joe and Marcy Ellis; grandson Justin Galyean and two children Presley and Kane, her granddaughter and husband Samantha and Paul Alfaro and three children Steven, Aubrey and Alejandro, granddaughter and husband Cecily and George Hughes and three children Alexis, Zachary, and Olivia, granddaughter and husband Hannah and Logan Rheams and two children Marlee and Waylon; nieces Jacqueline Magana and Brandi Harrison, nephews Jason Ellis and Michael Ellis, and many great nieces and nephews.
Please join us celebrating her life Tuesday morning December 1, 2020, at Morton Cemetery, 401 N 2nd Street, Richmond, Texas. Family visitation is from 11 am - 12 pm. The service starts at 12 pm. Masks are required and social distancing is mandatory.
Pallbearers for the service include: Jason Ellis, Michael Ellis, Tim Harrison, Thomas Ramos, Samuel Ramos and Rick Young.
Any condolences may be sent to Earthman Southwest Funeral Home at 12555 South Kirkwood, Stafford, Texas, 77477 beginning Monday, November 30, from 8 am to 5 pm. From Tuesday on, condolences may be sent to 9631 Cypress Drive, Willis, Texas, 77318. For questions, please call Ron Carson at 936-689-2059.
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