JAMES E. JONES

Funeral services for James E. Jones, 77, of Longview, will be held at ten a.m. Saturday July 5, 2008 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Jonathan Talbot officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mr. Jones, a retired machinist for Vought Aircraft Corp., passed away Tuesday July 1, 2008 at a Longview Medical facility.

Mr. Jones was born to Thomas Orlander and Alice Estell Hill Jones. He attended school at Brooks and Carthage Gregg County since 1954. He worked for LTV for 24 years at the Gregg County Plant and the Grand Prairie facility.

The Jones family were members of The Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Josie, in 1992 and by six brothers and one sister.

Survivors include his present wife Anelle; two daughters, Mary Robinson of Dallas and Judy Davis of Pleasant Grove, Utah; four sons, Ronnie and Daniel Jones, both of Dallas. Ed Jones of Longview, and James "Gene" Jones of McKinney; two sisters, Bea Maddox of Palestine, and Margaret Thomas of Lufkin;18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday July 4, 2008 from 3pm until 5pm.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.