Obituaries

Evelyn Campbell Jones, 86, Dies

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 2 until 4 p.m. The funeral service will follow at 4 p.m. in the Rosehaven Chapel with Dr. John Pennington officiating.

Evelyn Campbell Jones, 86 of Douglasville, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 22. She was born March 22, 1927 in Carrollton, MS.  She was a homemaker; loved spending time with her family and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Douglasville.

Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Ed Jones; her birth mother, Bertha Corley Campbell; her father, Chester Campbell; her step-mother, Bert Campbell; and sister, Hilda Hamilton.

She is survived by sons, Mike Jones and wife Becky, and Steve Jones and wife Lisa; daughter, Melanie Brittain and husband Gary; grandchildren, Michelle Gilbert and husband David, Greg Jones and wife Kerri, Ryan Jones, Caleb Brittain, Hannah Brittain, Jordan Jones and Jessie Jones; great-grandchildren, Ella Gilbert, Tori Gilbert, Alexa Gilbert, Savannah Gilbert and Avery Lane Jones; sister, Charlotte Fields; niece, Stephanie Fields; and nephew, John Fields.

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The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 2 until 4 p.m. The funeral service will follow at 4 p.m. in the Rosehaven Chapel with Dr. John Pennington officiating. Interment will be Monday, Jan. 27, at 1:30 p.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, MS.


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