Obituary: Alvin K. Jones
Funeral services for Mr. Alvin K. Jones, 81, of Toone, will be held in the chapel of Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the Ebenezer Cemetery near Toone. Visitation for Mr. Jones will be Wednesday, January 1, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and again on Thursday at 11 a.m. until the time of the service. He departed this life on Friday morning, December 27, 2024, at his home.
A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, he was one of 10 children born to Carl Alvin and Thelma Louise Hurst Jones. He was united in marriage to the former Nell Marie Young on January 3, 1964, and together they enjoyed almost 61 years of matrimony. Mr. Jones served his country in the U.S. Army from 1960 – 1962 and, also, as a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy from 1990-2010. He began his career in law enforcement in Hardeman County where he served as deputy under Sheriffs Frost and Phillips in the early 1970s. A Baptist in belief, he was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish.
Mr. Jones leaves his wife, Nell, of Toone; daughter, Celena Hicks of Covington; three sons, Kenneth Jones of Toone, Tim Jones (Angela) of Bolivar, and Anthony Jones (Brandy) of Jackson; two sisters, Phyllis Sinis and Effie Hall, both of McKenzie; seven grandchildren, Anna, Zachary, Jacob and Cassie Jones, Timothy and Megan McCord, and Kaitlyn Hughes; and seven great-grandchildren, Roxie Jones, Ava Jones, Presley McCord, Danielle Smith, Kayleigh McMullen, Novalee McCord, and Bellamy Duncan.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.
Memorials may be sent to Legacy Hospice of the South, 124 West Court Avenue, Selmer, Tennessee 38375.
Courtesy of Shackelford Funeral Directors, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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