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Obituary For: Mrs. Lavern Jones

Mrs. Lavern Jones, age 77, of Colorado City, died Tuesday afternoon in a local care center. Services will be at 2 PM Friday in the Kiker-Seale Chapel with Rev. Joseph Jones and Dr. Jerry Shields officiating. Burial will follow in the Colorado City Cemetery under the care and direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.
Mrs. Jones was born April 7, 1936 in Sweetwater to Arthur and Gracie Fowler Talley and had been a lifelong resident of Colorado City. She married Keeven "Speck" Jones on May 30, 1952 in Colorado City. He preceded her in death on September 1, 2010. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Colorado City. She was a waitress and bookkeeper for many years.
She is survived by a daughter, Connie and husband, Randy Chambers of Colorado City; 2 sons: Joe and wife, Tammy Jones of Waxahachie, TX and William and wife, Martha Jones of Fairfield, TX; a sisters, Barbara Ann Bailey of Ontario, CA; 2 half-brothers: J. L. Soles of Tennessee and Leslie Soles of Sweetwater, TX; grandchildren: Joseph and wife, Heather Jones of Quanah, TX, Kristel and husband, Cory Willingham of LaVernia, TX, Kaci Chambers of Colorado City, Michael and wife, Katie Chambers of Abilene, TX and a step granddaughter Shelly Cameron of East Texas; great grandchildren; Laine and Mason Willingham of LaVernia, TX , Joshua Jones of Quanah, TX and Christopher Keeven Chambers of Abilene, TX; and several niece and nephews.
She is also preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Patty Talley and a great grandson, Jordan Asher Jones.
The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Thursday at the funeral home.