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Wilma H. Jones

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Wilma Harrison Jones, 92, of Little Rock died Tuesday, November 30, 2010. She was born June 26, 1918 in Trenton, Tennessee, and was the daughter of the late Willie S. and Lily Imogene Austin Jones. Wilma retired from Jefferson County Juvenile Court where she worked as a probation officer and social worker. She and her husband lived in Pine Bluff, Arkansas for 32 years before moving to Little Rock to live near their children. She and her husband were active members of the Baptist churches both in Pine Bluff and Little Rock where they worked with the Sunday School and adult outreach activities. She was preceded in death by her husband, L.B. Jones, an insurance salesman, to whom she was married for 60 years; her parents; and a sister Mildred Mann. Survivors include her sons, Garry L. Jones M.D. and wife Donna and W. Neil Jones and wife Pam, all of Little Rock; a foster daughter, Carol Holloway and husband Jimmy of Pine Bluff; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Billy Jones of Dyer, Tennessee and Terry Jones of Dover, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m., Thursday at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home (501) 224-8300. Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, December 3, 2010 at Pinecrest Memorial Park. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Adult Education Fund, Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.

Published December 2, 2010

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