Robert Jones

Robert N. ?Bob? Jones Sr., 80, of Corsicana passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at Presbyterian-Kindred Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy struggle with Parkinson?s Disease. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Smart, vicar of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Ennis, officiating. Interment will follow at Old Chatfield Cemetery. Mr. Jones was born to Walter and Carmen Jones on Jan. 18, 1926, in a small mountain town in Pennsylvania called Schuylkill Haven. He left home to enter military service in World War II. From 1944 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Army at several locations stateside. While stationed at Camp Howze in Gainesville, he met Miss Frances Hodge of Chatfield at the USO dance in Denton. Mr. Jones married Miss Hodge on Aug. 14, 1948, at the Chatfield Methodist Church. After living in Schuylkill Haven, Dallas and Palestine, Texas, Mr. Jones and his wife settled in Corsicana in 1954. He was employed as credit manager at the Firestone Store located at Fifth Avenue and Main Street and later joined Oil City Iron Works, where he remained until his retirement in 1986. For most of his years at that firm, he was in charge of the Oil City Employees Credit Union. A loving husband and devoted father, Mr. Jones lived a quiet life in retirement with his wife enjoying family, friends and hobbies. Among his hobbies were cooking, which he had learned from his mother in Pennsylvania, and long walks each morning. He maintained a lifelong interest in music beginning with playing the French horn in the high school band. In his later years, he still periodically played the piano, but particularly enjoyed hearing his wife play. Noting that he had lived the vast majority of his life in Texas, Mr. Jones was proud to be a Texan by choice. He also had a keen interest in his Welsh heritage as his paternal grandparents emigrated from Wales in the latter half of the 19th century. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, John Jones. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Frances Hodge Jones of Corsicana; son and daughter-in-law, Rob and Penny Jones of Chatfield; granddaughter, Tracie Craddock and husband Brian of Carmel, Ind.; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Robert Jones

January 18, 1926 - February 1, 2006