Evan Jones

EVAN AQUILLA JONES III 72
SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY, MR. JONES PASSED AWAY JAN 18, 2013 AT HIS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD MO. BORN ON OCT. 3, 1940 TO CAROLINE LYCETT AND EVAN AQUILLA JONES II IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND. HE IS HAVING A JOYOUS REUNION WITH HIS PARENTS, BROTHER ORME, SISTERS ALLENE AND LOUISE, DAUGHTERS BRENDA AND SQUEAK, AND GRANDDAUGHTER DANA.
HE WAS AN AIRFORCE VETERAN AND RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER. A CAREER HE LOVED AND MISSED VERY MUCH. HE WAS AN AVID RAIDERS FAN. HE ALSO LOVED NASCAR. HE ENJOYED WORKING IN HIS YARD AND HIS KITCHEN. HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, GREAT BIG LAUGH AND GENTLE WAYS WILL BE SO MISSED.
HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE PEGGY, A DEVOTED FATHER TO DAUGHTER KATHY AND HUSBAND MACKEY LUCY, SON QUILL AND WIFE DIANA. DAUGHTERS, CINDY AND HUSBAND BOBBY HAMLETT, DEBBIE ROBERTS, KATHY AND HUSBAND BRUCE BARDEN, AND, BILLIE (HIS BIGGEST CAREGIVER) AND HUSBAND MIKE TUTTY. HE WAS ALSO A DEVOTED GRANDFATHER TO 13 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO A DEVOTED BROTHER TO SISTERS, MISS ANN DANN AND HUSBAND WALLY, TILLIE PFEFFERKORN AND HUSBAND JIM, CAROL CARLSON, AND MARY CATE WALTER AND HUSBAND ED. HE WAS LOVED BY MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS TOO.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY JAN. 22, 2013 IN HERMAN H. LOHMEYER FUNERAL HOME, WITH PASTOR GERALD HORNE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL FOLLOW IN WHITE CHAPEL MEMORIAL GARDENS. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. MONDAY IN THE FUNERAL HOME.
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