Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Jones Jones

03/14/1929 - 04/16/2021

Obituary For Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Jones Jones

Celebration of Life for Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Jones Jones VIEWING: Sunday, April 25, 2021 Time: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM SERVICE: Monday, April 26, 2021 Time: 1:00 PM at New Hope Baptist Church, 255 Union Mill Road, South Hill, VA 23970 Rev. Roy Tyler, Presiding Minister Melvin Rainey, Words of Comfort INTERMENT: RZUA Headquarters Cemetery, Rocky Branch Road, LaCrosse, VA 23950 In accordance with the CDC Guidelines due to Covid-19, we ask that you please social distance and wear a mask.

MRS. CARRIE ELIZABETH JONES JONES, daughter of the late John Pleasant Jones and the late Mattie Sue Bennett Jones was born March 14, 1929 in Mecklenburg County, VA and departed this life April 19, 2021 in VCU-Community Memorial Hospital, South Hill, VA. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Rufus R. Jones in 2009 and siblings- John Wesley and Rufus Edward Jones and Earsely Suber. At an early age she was baptized and joined Lambert’s Chapel RZUA Church where she served as a Deaconess, President of the Missionary Society, member of the Sunday School, Senior Choir, and she directed the Christmas pageants held yearly at the church. Carrie was a graduate of the Mecklenburg County Public School System and furthered her education by receiving her BA degree in Education from St. Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, VA. She later taught for many years in the Mecklenburg County School System until retirement. Her community involvement included Life member of the Ladies Auxiliary, VFW Post #7166, a member of the RZUA Headquarters Choir, and she was the last surviving Charter Member of the United Country Club, Inc., Baskerville, VA. Her hobbies included scrapbooking, dancing, puzzles, reading and collecting nature artifacts, and taking pictures. She was a very out-going, joyful, loving, spiritual person; who taught us all about the love of God, Family, and Friends. She leaves to cherish her memory with love are her three daughters- Cassandra (Gregory) Branch of the home; Regina (William) Allen, Richmond, VA, and Veronica (George) Bantum, Douglasville, GA; grandchild she reared- Michele (James) McQueen, Chester, VA; eight other grandchildren- Zwadi Branch, Richmond, VA, Hakeem (Tiffany) Branch, Fredericksburg, VA; Tari Branch, Richmond, VA; Brittany Allen, Washington, DC; Erica Bantum and Elexia Bantum, Atlanta, GA; Jillian Allen, Richmond, VA, and Amy (Luke) Gastonbury-Cole, Cheltenham, England; five great-grandchildren- Darius (Adrienne) Jones, Jada Nicholas, Gabrielle Branch, Farrah Storm and Riley Gastonbury-Cole; one great-great-grandchild, Legend Jones, two sisters- DeGora Tisdale, Richmond, VA and Snow Ella Johnson, South Hill, VA; three brothers-Elmore Jones and Alpheus Lee Jones, both of South Hill, VA and Gilbert Jones, Richmond, VA; devoted nephew- Everett “Skeeter” Jones, and a host of nieces, other nephews, cousins and friends.