Submitted by: Dan Rich
June 17, 1926 - Feb. 14, 1994
South Bend Tribune 2/17/1994
SOUTH BEND - Lois Louise Jones, 67, of 1344 E. Dubail Ave., died at 9:35 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness. Mrs. Jones was born June 17, 1926, in Hickman, Ky., and lived in South Bend for 42 years, coming from Cairo, Ill.
On Sept. 18, 1942, in Springfield, Ill., she married Roosevelt Jones. He died Jan. 8, 1992. She is survived by nine daughters, Bernett Hursey, Debbie Harris and Barbara Jones, all of South Bend, Doris Sam of Beaumont, Ill., Iona Johnson of Carson, Calif., Evelyn Jones of Indianapolis, Linda Jackson of Buck, Ga., Denise Glover of Savannah, Ga., and Patrice Rice of Orlando, Fla.; four sons, Jerry C. of Fullerton, Calif., Cubie of Los Angeles, Ralph of Milwaukee, and Raymond of Indianapolis; 31 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Lola Mae Jennings of Pulaski, Ill., Arilla Mitchell of Cario, and Mildred Sullivan and Queen E. Jones, both of South Bend; and two brothers, Ocie B. Love of East St. Louis, Ill., and James Love of Gary. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses Congregation-Miami Trail.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Alford's Mortuary. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home, where members of the congregation will conduct services at 6 p.m.