Carmen Gail Jones, 73, born Dec. 7, 1942, went home to heaven to be with Jesus on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. She worked as a retail sales clerk and was a member of New Union Missionary Baptist Church, Red Bay, Alabama.
Services will be Sunday, Sept. 25, at 5 p.m. at New Union Missionary Baptist Church with Brother Nicky Barnett, Brother Chris Barnett, and Brother Daniel Merritt officiating. Burial will be in Halltown Cemetery, Vina, Alabama. Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay, Alabama, will be in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Brother Jim Jones; two daughters, Sharon Bolding (Joel), Red Bay, Alabama, and Karen Neal (Tim), Nettleton, Mississippi; two sisters, Carolyn Shotts (Larry), Amory, Mississippi, and Beverly Barnett (Nicky), Stuttgart, Arkansas; one brother, Jim Powell (Linda), Greenville, Texas; four grandchildren, Heather Murphy, Karissa Roach (Michael), Anna Bolding, and John Ross Bolding; honorary grandson, Austin Petree; four great-grandchildren, Sheridan Shinar, Carter Shinar, Landon Roach, and Layla Murphy; and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Cloie Powell, and a grandson, Craig Henderson.
Pallbearers will be Joel Bolding, Larry Shotts, Frankie Smith, Mark Massey, Gerald Collum, and Tim Neal. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Powell, Jimmy Powell, Wayne Morrow, Larry Haithcock, Brent Collum, Carter Shinar, and Landon Roach.
Visitation will be today, 5-8 p.m., at New Union Missionary Baptist Church.
