Jones loved her church, Wiggins and family
Faith abided in Ellen Joyce Jones.
Before she passed away, her pastor asked if she was ready.
She told him, "'Yes, I'm ready because I'm a church-going lady,'" said her mother, Emma Calloway, who was preparing to lay her daughter to rest Friday.
Jones died at age 50 of cancer in the community where she was born and raised, Wiggins. Church was always an important part of her life. Her father was a logger, her mother a school bus driver. She attended church each Sunday from the time she was a child.
Jones was the fifth of 10 children, five boys and girls. Even as a child, her mother said, she loved taking care of other children.
Jones loved to sing and to cook.
She married Alv Jones in 1990, having caught his eye one night while both were out. They had one daughter, Angela. But Joyce Jones also took care of her nieces and nephews.
"She had a kind heart and would do anything for anyone, would go out of her way for anyone," said one of her sisters, Ruthie Bracks. Bracks said Jones had a natural talent as a hair dresser. She fixed hair for her sisters and friends without charging.
Jones also was an excellent cook. She cooked in the cafeteria at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston.
Alv Jones particularly loved her red beans and rice and tomato gravy over rice. She always brought her special potato salad to home games at Perkinston.
She attended New Zion Baptist Church while she was growing up. After she married Alv Jones, she moved her church membership to his church, Amanda Chapel Baptist Church in Wiggins.
She sang in the church choirs at both churches. One of her favorite songs, Alv Jones said, was "Take Me to the King."
"We always did family things on the weekends," Alv Jones said. "We'd go to church every Sunday. We just had a wonderful time together."
Joyce Jones, who was quiet by nature, loved to read her Bible, especially the 27th Psalm.
"She was sweet and she was a Christian lady," her mot her said. "She believed in the Bible. She believed in God. And I believe to my soul she is gone home to rest. Yes, she is."
Before she passed away, her pastor asked if she was ready.
She told him, "'Yes, I'm ready because I'm a church-going lady,'" said her mother, Emma Calloway, who was preparing to lay her daughter to rest Friday.
Jones died at age 50 of cancer in the community where she was born and raised, Wiggins. Church was always an important part of her life. Her father was a logger, her mother a school bus driver. She attended church each Sunday from the time she was a child.
Jones was the fifth of 10 children, five boys and girls. Even as a child, her mother said, she loved taking care of other children.
Jones loved to sing and to cook.
She married Alv Jones in 1990, having caught his eye one night while both were out. They had one daughter, Angela. But Joyce Jones also took care of her nieces and nephews.
"She had a kind heart and would do anything for anyone, would go out of her way for anyone," said one of her sisters, Ruthie Bracks. Bracks said Jones had a natural talent as a hair dresser. She fixed hair for her sisters and friends without charging.
Jones also was an excellent cook. She cooked in the cafeteria at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston.
Alv Jones particularly loved her red beans and rice and tomato gravy over rice. She always brought her special potato salad to home games at Perkinston.
She attended New Zion Baptist Church while she was growing up. After she married Alv Jones, she moved her church membership to his church, Amanda Chapel Baptist Church in Wiggins.
She sang in the church choirs at both churches. One of her favorite songs, Alv Jones said, was "Take Me to the King."
"We always did family things on the weekends," Alv Jones said. "We'd go to church every Sunday. We just had a wonderful time together."
Joyce Jones, who was quiet by nature, loved to read her Bible, especially the 27th Psalm.
"She was sweet and she was a Christian lady," her mot her said. "She believed in the Bible. She believed in God. And I believe to my soul she is gone home to rest. Yes, she is."
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