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Submitted: 2/20/21 • Approved: 2/20/21 • Last Updated: 2/23/21 • R391060-G391058-S3
Kenneth M.
1930-2018
“Dad”
Patricia M.
1932-2004
“Pat”
“Mom”
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Obituary for Kenneth
Kenneth Jones
November 27, 1930 - May 19, 2018
Kenneth M. Jones passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, May 19, 2018.
He was born November 27, 1930 in Wheeler County, Texas to Clarence Manton and Mary Floretta (McClendon) Jones. Kenneth and Judy were married on October 24, 2008 in Borger.
Kenneth was owner and operator of Fuzzy's Radiator since 1956. Over the years, he employed hundreds of people. He was an advocate for the new school and the new hospital that were built. He wrote many op-eds in the Borger News Herald. Philanthropic by nature, Kenneth was active in many community and civic organizations, especially those involving the welfare of children. He had a strong belief in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. He was very patriotic and loved his country. Although he had a "funny looking swing", he loved the game of golf.
Preceding him in death were his parents; 1st wife, Patricia Malvern Jones and a brother, Jimmy Jones.
His survivors include: his wife, Judy; 3 daughters: Elaine Rigsby and husband Kevin of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Sharon Hunter and husband Randy of Dumas and Lisa Newton and husband Brett of Borger; 3 sons: Steve Jones of Borger; Alan Jones and wife Melessa of Borger and Joe Don Castleberry and wife Mary Grace of Bowie, Maryland; a sister, Peggy Dawson and husband Fred of Amarillo; 20 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Mr. Jones will lie in state at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains on Monday, May 21 from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and on Tuesday, May 22 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 2:00 pm at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Borger. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery, Borger.
Memorial contributions may be made in Kenneth Jones' honor to Snack Pak 4 Kids, Hutchinson County Relay for Life, Ronald McDonald House in Amarillo, Veterans Memorial, Panhandle Angels Foundation of Amarillo and to any local Hospice.
Services are entrusted to Brown Funeral Directors, Borger.
(Published by Brown Funeral Directors, Sunday, May 20, 2018)
Obituary for Patricia
Patricia Miller Jones, 71, died Thursday, July 15, 2004.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Calvary Baptist Church with D. Jay Lewis, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Jones married Kenneth Jones on July 8, 1954, in Clayton, N.M. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Alan Jones and Steven Jones, both of Borger; a daughter, Elaine Tenorio of Springfield, Mo.; and five grandchildren, Ashley Gayle Jones, Lauren Jones, Erica Tenorio, Cassandra Tenorio and Benton Tenorio.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 16, 2004
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