John Jones
Posted: April 29, 2022
COLUMBUS — John Wesley Jones, 81, died April 22, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Lee Sykes Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Jimmy W. Pounds officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is from noon-7:30 p.m. today, at the funeral home. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jones was born Jan. 31, 1941, in Columbus, to Sallie Mae Jones. He attended Union Academy and R.E. Hunt High School and was formerly employed with Beneke and Marble Works. He also operated Tim’s Package Store and Jones Restaurant in Catfish Alley.
In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Daisy Jones, Willie Lee Jones, Annie Louise Petty, Dorothy Jones, Robert Jones, and Catherine Wilson.
He is survived by his wife, Lula Jones; children, Alvin Terry and Lesley Denise Jones; siblings, Helen Karriem, Laura Chalmers, Freddie Jones, and Connie Jones Brooks of Columbus; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.