Obituary of LaDella Faye Jones

LaDella Faye Jones, age 82, passed away on August 23, 2016, at Oklahoma City, Okla. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, August 26, 2016, at New Hope Free Will Baptist Church, Lone Grove, Okla., with her son Jeff Jones, Minister, and The Reverend David Garner officiating. Interment to follow at Lone Grove Cemetery. LaDella was born on January 18, 1934, at Durwood, Okla., to Walton Ladell Rabe and Tilmae (Hinshaw) Rabe. The family moved to Lone Grove in 1941, where she attended and graduated from Lone Grove High School with the Class of 1952. She married Clemuel Claude “Clem” Jones, Jr., on October 31, 1952, at Zaneis, Okla. After their marriage, they settled in Lone Grove, Okla. She took a job with Owen’s Shoe Store and later worked at the Ardmore sale barn on Mondays as a bookkeeper. LaDella worked alongside her husband with their family business, Clem’s Diesel Service, as the office manager and running parts, and later for Ardmore Sewing Center. She loved to sew and made many of her children’s clothes. She will be remembered for her cooking, and her buttermilk pie and dressing will be missed. When she had time, LaDella enjoyed reading historical and mystery books and cookbooks. Throughout her life, she loved drawing and painting and working with pastels. She always made time for her grandchildren and family. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Radine Spradling, and one grandson, Jones Parnacher. LaDella is survived by her husband of 64 years, Clemuel Claude “Clem” Jones Jr., of the home, children: LaDena Rae Parnacher, of Lone Grove, Bradley Claude Jones and wife, Carolyn, of Jacksonville, Florida, Jeffrey Wade Jones and wife, Paula, of Lone Grove, and Gregory Allen Jones and wife, Teresa, of Wilson, Okla. Twelve grandchildren: Jeremy Parnacher, LaRanda Turner, Benjamin Parnacher, Erin Jacobs, Wade Jones, Tyler Jones, Lindsey Jones, Brittany Darland, Kyle Jones, Ryan Jones, Allyson Jones, and Kaytie Jones. Nine great-grandchildren and one on-the-way. Three brothers: Robert Rabe of Lone Grove, Glen Rabe of Wilson, and Jackie Rabe of Lone Grove. Numerous nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. Those serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons: Jeremy Parnacher, Benjamin Parnacher, Wade Jones, Kyle Jones, Ryan Jones, and Tyler Jones. A visitation will be held on Thursday evening, from 6:00pm until 8:00pm, August, 25, 2016, at Griffin~Hillcrest, Ardmore, Okla.