JAMES C. JONES
ARMA, Kan.- Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rosebank Cemetery in Mulberry, for James C. Jones, 90, Arma, who died at 7:37 a.m. Monday, May 11, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg.
Arrangements are under the direction of Bedene Funeral Home, 517 E. Washington, P.O. Box 621, Arma, KS 66712.
Memorials may be made to Angels Among Us and may be left at or sent to the funeral home.
Survivors include a daughter, Clare Garrett and husband Craig, Franklin; a son, Jaycee Jones, Denver, Colo.; two sister-in-laws, Lucille Wolf, rural Liberal, Mo. and Anna Jones, Corpus Christi, Texas; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He preceded in death by his wife Nadine and a brother, Maurice Jones.
Mr. Jones was born Jan. 5, 1930, at Avilla, Mo., to Harry and Beulah Miller Jones. He was a retired electrician who resided in Arma since 1972. He was reared in Iantha, Mo. and attended Iantha Schools. He graduated from Lamar High School in 1947. In 1950 he went to work for Barton County Electric until moving to Arma. He served as city electrician for the City of Anna until his retirement. He married Nadine Hininger on April 1, 1956, in rural Jasper, Mo. He served in the U.S Army in Alaska from 1951 to 1953. He was a member of Arma United Methodist Church and served as a lay leader in the church.
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