Obituary of Walter Jones

Funeral services for Walter LaVell Jones, age 56, of Bastrop, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday July 22, 2004, at the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Rev. Arrie Fulton and Rev. Harold Spillers officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday at Goldens from 5-8 p.m. Mr. Jones was born in Oak Ridge on September 28, 1947 and was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967-1969. He died July 20, 2004, at Morehouse General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mandy Chunn Jones of Bastrop; Daughter, Kellie Korean Jones of Bastrop; four sisters, Dorothea Felder and husband Fred of North Carolina, Bessie Freeman of Bastrop, Sylvia Coleman of Baton Rouge, Helen Wrenn of Monroe; Four brothers, James Jones & wife Marna of Bastrop, Jimmy Jones & wife Diane of Oak Ridge, Thomas "T.L." Jones of West Monroe, Dewey Jones of Bastrop; brother-in-law, Harmon Chunn & wife Deanna of Sand Lake, MI; Sisters-in-law, Teresa Chunn Chumney & husband Jack of Alexandria, Betty Chunn Coggins & husband Harold of Nettleton, MS; mother-in-law, Mary Gill Watt & husband Bobby of Crossett, AR; father-in-law, Charlie Gray Chunn. Mr. Jones is preceded in death by his mother, Corean Nolan Jones; father, Walter Abe Jones; brother, Martin Luther Jones. Pallbearers will be T.K. Stanley, Victor Ray Chunn, Johnnie Owens, James Albert Chunn, Jay Jones, James Marble.