Donald Bryant Jones

Donald married Ina Beulah Bell Oakes about 1929 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Ina was born about 1910 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Clara Kathleen Shook, 77, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Avery County, N.C., she moved to Elizabethton in 1979 from Columbus, Ga. She was the daughter of the late Donald Jones and Ina Beulah Oaks Jones.
Clara retired as a housekeeper from Colonial Hills Nursing Home and she had been a private caregiver. She attended Calvary Baptist Church. She was a giving person who loved to do for others. She enjoyed cooking, walks at Sycamore Shoals State Park and loved working in her flower garden. Clara loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Edward Jones, George Jones, Willie Jones and Gurney Jones, and sisters, Vertie Taylor and Eula Carver.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Janet Shook, Elizabethton, and Bonnie Tunnell, Johnson City; two sons, Alvin Shook and Kenny Shook, both of Elizabethton; five grandchildren, Miranda Anderson, Jesse Deloach, Kara Short, Austin Hyder and Evan Tunnell; six great-grandchildren, Charles Scalf, Joshua Feathers, Skyler Deloach, Savannah Reece, Kristal Anderson and Jamie Anderson; a brother, Wade Jones, Elizabethton; and a sister, Estel Smith, Elizabethton Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Clara Kathleen Shook will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Tony Birchfield officiating. Eulogy will be given by Mrs. Bonnie Tunnell. Music will be under the direction of Kathy Davis. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service. The committal and entombment service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 15, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Steve Tunnell, Austin Hyder, Evan Tunnell, Wade Jones, Kenny Shook and Alvin Shook. E

Clara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kenny Ray Shook, 51, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Holston Valley Medical Center. He was the son of the late Winford Wilson and Clara Kathleen Jones Shook.
Kenny loved to attend NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway and enjoyed listening to music by Ralph Stanley and Elvis Presley. Kenny loved to go to church and spend time with his family and friends. In his spare time, he enjoyed playing games on his Xbox. Kenny was a member of First Baptist Church of Church Hill, Tenn.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his uncles, Edward Jones, George Jones, Willie Jones and Gurney Jones; two aunts, Vertie Taylor and Eula Carver; and a nephew, Jesse Deloach.
Those left to cherish his memories are his two sisters, Bonnie Tunnell of Gray and Janet Shook of Elizabethton; a brother, Alvin Shook of Elizabethton; and several nieces and nephews.
A service to celebrate the life of Kenny Ray Shook will be conducted at noon Saturday, March 27, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Pastor Nathan Jennings officiating. Eulogy will be by Mrs. Bonnie Tunnell. The family will receive friends at the funeral home between the hours of 11 a.m. and noon, prior to the service. The committal and entombment will be held following the service on Saturday in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be David Dingus, Doug Bowser, Stephan Oakley, Johnny Lawson, Robert Joyner and Josh Ledford. Honorary pallbearer will be Tom Luttrell.