Midland Co., Texas - Obits: Henry Jones, Sr. ============================================ Submitted to the Martin County, TXGenWeb by: Michelle White ============================================ Henry Jones, Sr. died Monday, April 23, 2007. He was born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Columbia Jones, April 4, 1930, in Martin, Texas. On October 6, 1958, Henry married Rita Bob Joyce Thompson Jones. He was preceded in death by his mother, Emma Gatewood; his wife, Rita; his son, Henry Earl Jones, Jr; his daughter, Wanda Randolph; his sister, Leanna Wright; uncle, Tom Samuels and his nephew Milton Williams. Mr. Jones was employed by the Midland Independent School District, and as a skycap for seventeen years at the Midland International Airport. Mr. Jones leaves to cherish his memory, three daughters, Minni Newbill, Alice and her husband, Dan Emerson and Sandra and her husband Cornelius Roper; two sons, Robert and his wife Aredelia Jones and Jonathan Phillips and his wife and children, Sheila, Tevin and Riana; his loving granddaughters and their families DeAnn Allen and her husband and children Jeremiah, Cordia, Tiffany, Jeremiah Jr., Denise Hall and her husband and children, Chester, Chessika, Trey and Brandon, and Danielle Randolph; one brother, Chester Gatewood and his wife, Yvonne; other grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 30, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., at True Lite Christian Fellowship, 3001 N. A. Street, in Midland, Pastor Roy Smith, Pastor Ronald Vandyke, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Jackie Warren Funeral Home, 702 S. Terrell, Midland, Texas, 79701. Published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on 4/29/2007.