Marsia Dee Jones (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Jessie Marsia Dee Jones, daughter of Jessie Ray and Sylvie Verbal Hale Higginbotham, was born April 13, 1927, in Polk County, Missouri. She departed this life Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Lebanon South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of ninety-two years, and twenty-nine days.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Kathleen Marie Jones Booth; two sons, Kenneth Wayne Jones, and Richard Gene Jones; a brother, Roy; and three sisters, Sylvie Ray Fred, Freida Darlene, and Peggy Faye.
Marsia Dee is survived by two daughters, Janice Kay Williams, and her husband, Ron, of Marked Tree, Arkansas, and Virginia “Bunnie” Gay Lemery, and her husband, Bennie, of Winter Haven, Florida; two sons, Walter Ray Jones, and his wife, Sue, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Martin Dale Jones, and his wife, Judy, of Kearney, Missouri; eleven grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Cory and Troy; three sisters, Joyce, Judy, and Peggy; a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She was born and raised in Polk County, Missouri. During World War II, Marsia Dee worked as a welder in an airplane factory in California. She was part of the group called “Rosie The Riveter Girls”. She lived in the Lebanon area for many years, and worked as a housekeeper and house sitter for the John T. Russell family. She also was a devoted homemaker to her family through the years.
Marsia Dee had made her profession of faith in Christ and was an active member of Unity Freewill Baptist Church in Lebanon. She was faithful to her church and her Lord.
In her spare time she enjoyed working Jigsaw puzzles and watching John Wayne movies. Her legacy was one of concern and caring for others, whether it was her own family, a neighbor or within the affairs of her church. She modeled Christian charity and service through her efforts to help those around her.
Marsia Dee was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and was a caring neighbor and friend. She will be greatly missed by her family, her church, and her friends. Our comfort comes from knowing she is at rest with her Savior that she loved so dearly.
A memorial has been established to Unity Freewill Baptist Church to be used at The Children's Home.
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