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Larry Lindon “Buck” JONES

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

September 22, 1935-January 10, 2013

Strongest, most loving husband and father

Shared stone with Mary Elizabeth (Black)
Married 1954
Daughters
Debra and Brenda

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
WHEELER — Larry "Buck" Jones, 77, of Wheeler died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Church of Christ in Wheeler with Caleb Sampson officiating. Burial will follow in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home of Wheeler.

Buck Jones was born Sept. 22, 1935, in Wheeler County to Owen C. Jones and Pearl Bradshaw Jones. He graduated from Wheeler High School and Amarillo College. He also attended Texas Tech University.

Buck married Mary Black on Oct. 16, 1954. They moved from Lubbock to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 1968. While in Saudi Arabia, Buck was superintendent of microwave, telephone, radio and television. They moved back to Wheeler in 1978, where Buck worked as a farmer, rancher, locksmith, welder and electrician, retiring in 1996. He was a member of Church of Christ in Wheeler.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Jones of Wheeler; two daughters, Debra Lyn Jones Ford and husband Dewayne of Canadian and Brenda Kay Jones McWhorter and husband Delbert of Wheeler; four grandchildren, Stacy McCaskill and husband Zachary of Canyon, Tina Kisst and husband John of Dumas, and Chris Ford and Andy Ford, both of Canadian; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Sondra Wright and husband Jim; and nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to Church of Christ, P.O. Box 323, Wheeler, TX 79096; or North Wheeler County EMS, P.O. Box 1030, Wheeler, TX 79096.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 12, 2013)

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Larry Lindon Jones
Date of Birth: 22 Sep 1935
Gender: Male
Birth County: Wheeler
Father's Name: Owen Jones
Mother's Name: Pearl Bradshaw
Roll Number: 1935_0004

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Submitted: 11/8/21 • Approved: 11/8/21 • Last Updated: 11/11/21 • R467557-G0-S3

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