Jones, Esther Patterson 
  	
Services for Esther Patterson Jones, 92, of Longview, will be 
1 p.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Welch Funeral Home Chapel 
at 4619 Judson Road. Burial will be in Waldrop Cemetery. Ms. 
Jones died December 2, 2006, at a local nursing facility. Born 
March 24, 1914, in Westminister, she worked for Western Supply 
Co. in Greggton for 18 years and Longview United Methodist 
Church, where she retired in 1978. Survivors include her 
daughters, Jo Ann Bailey Smith and Gaynell Bunch; son, Dennis 
P. Jones; and sister, Fern Hill. Visitation will be noon-1 p.m. 
Tuesday, prior to the service, at the funeral home. An online 
registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on 
the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/3/2006.

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Jones, Esther Patterson 
  	
Services for Esther Patterson Jones, 92, of Longview, will 
be 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Welch Funeral Home 
Chapel at 4619 Judson Road. Burial will be in Waldrop 
Cemetery. Ms. Jones died December 2, 2006, at a local 
nursing facility. She was born March 24, 1914, in 
Westminster, Texas, to Henry and Jessie LeMaster Patterson, 
and moved to Oklahoma at a very young age. Ms. Jones 
graduated from Snyder Oklahoma High School in 1932, and 
moved to Longview in 1942. She worked for Western Supply Co. 
in Greggton for 18 years and Longview United Methodist Church, 
where she retired in 1978. She was an active member of First 
United Methodist Church of Longview, Pioneers Classic Care, 
American Association of Retired Persons, Woodman of the World 
and The Social Order of the Beaucant. Survivors include her 
daughters, Jo Ann Bailey Smith and husband, Buster, of Winona, 
and Gaynell Bunch and husband, John, of Marshall; son, Dennis 
P. Jones and wife, Wilma, of Nacogdoches; nine grandchildren; 
32 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and 
one sister, Fern Hill of Headrick, Okla. She was preceded in 
death by two brothers and three sisters. The family will 
receive friends from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the services, 
at the funeral home. An online registry may be signed at 
www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link. An 
online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by 
clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 12/3/2006 - 12/4/2006.