James Albert Jones, Natchez

1931 - 2007

NATCHEZ — Services for James Albert Jones, 76, of Natchez, who died Thursday, July 19, 2007, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be noon Saturday at Smithland Baptist Church, Stanton, with the Rev. Percy Turner officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of George F. West Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home and from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Jones was born Jan. 10, 1931, the son of Silas Jones and Exelena Tyler Jones. He was self employed as a logger. Mr. Jones enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Charles E. Jones; a sister, Mary J. Robinson; grandchildren, Laronica Clemons, Jamon Clemons and Janet Jones; and a special niece, Mamie L. Davis.

Survivors include a devoted wife, Janie L. Jones; children, Ethel M. Clemons and husband, Ernest, Barbara J. Fleming, Mary L. Marshall, Alma L. Jones and fiancé, James, and Eloise Jones, all of Natchez; grandchildren, Angelita Jones, Lanitra Jones, Charlene Jones, Ernest Clemons Jr., Vaughn Jones and wife, Rhoshonda, Lekesia Fleming, Laronica Kaho and Lakeria Kaho, all of Natchez; eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Emma January, Mary Ford and husband, the Rev. Ernest Ford, all of Natchez and Gloria M. Jackson of New Orleans; brothers, Silas Jones and wife, Marie, Merrick Jones and wife, Florean, and Sam Jones, all of Natchez, and Theodore Jones of New Orleans; aunt, Anna Mazique of Natchez; a nephew who he assisted in raising, Walter Jones and wife, Rebecca, of New Orleans; and nieces, Yolanda Foster of Baton Rouge and Angela Coleman of Natchez.

Pallbearers will be Fred Hunt, Kedric Jones, Danny Minor, Albert Davis III, Israel Calvit and Lyndell Trimble.