Garden City-Mrs. Dorothy Jones, 82, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at The Place at Pooler.
Mrs. Dorothy was born in Statesboro to the late Milledge & Eva Mae Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Grady Jones and a son, Donald Jones. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her children, Emory Jones of Statesboro and Brenda & Coley Cooper of Bloomingdale; seven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; brothers, William Smith and Jake Smith of Macon; sisters, JoEllen Wilson of Florida and Ann Martin of Florida and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the funeral home with the graveside funeral and burial to follow at 2:30 p.m. at Upper Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery located off of Hwy. 25 in Bulloch County.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that remembrances be sent to Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31419 or to Central Baptist Church, 4010 Old Louisville Road, Garden City, GA 31408.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes – West Chatham Chapel – 901 W. Hwy. 80 – Pooler, GA 31322