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Ruby E. JONES

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

March 23, 1923-March 26, 2012

“MeMaw “

*Photo/information, courtesy of Robert L. Jones

*Obituary
Ruby E. Jones
(March 23, 1923 - March 26, 2012)

Ruby Eilene Jones, age 89, of Manhattan, MT died on Monday, March 26, 2012. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 11:00 am at Church of Christ in Wheeler with Dr. Shawn Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home. Memorial services will be Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 6:30 pm in Three Forks Church of Christ in Three Forks, MT. Arrangements are by Dokken-Nelson Funeral Service of Bozeman, MT.

Mrs. Jones was born March 23, 1923, in Dill, OK, to J.J. and Hattie Donica Ayres. She graduated from Wheeler High School in Wheeler, TX. She married Arnold "Fat" Jones on August 4, 1940. She was a homemaker, and later, she was a beautician and co-owner of Wheeler Beauty Salon.

After the children were grown, she and her husband were apartment managers in Amarillo, TX; Lubbock, TX; Irving, TX; Austin, TX; El Paso, TX; Midland, TX; and Colorado Springs, CO. They retired and moved back to Wheeler.

A year after the death of her husband, Mrs. Jones moved to Three Forks, where she made many new, wonderful friends.

She was a member of Wheeler Church of Christ for many years and Three Forks Church of Christ at the time of her death.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold "Fat" Jones; her parents; four brothers; two sisters; an infant son, James Arnold; two daughters, Marilyn Kay and Mary Murphy.

Survivors include two daughters, Tricia Richardson and husband John of Bozeman, and Brenda Sparlin and husband Jack of Wheeler; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to Wheeler Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 1030, Wheeler, TX 79096; Breakaway Youth Ranch, 263 Cottonwood Road, Cardwell, MT 59721; or a favorite charity.

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Submitted: 11/8/21 • Approved: 11/8/21 • Last Updated: 11/11/21 • R467569-G467569-S3

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