Funeral services for Billy Deen Jones, Jr., 64, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 11 a.m. at North Greenwood Baptist Church in Greenwood. He died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. He was born September 22, 1949 to Billy and Doty (Neal) Jones, Sr. in Vicksburg and resided in Greenwood since 1984. He was the owner of Jones Transportation services in Greenwood, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church and attended North Greenwood Baptist Church. He was also a member of Greenwood Elks Lodge #854, and Single Buck Hunting Club. He is preceded in death by his father Billy Deen Jones, Sr.
He is survived by wife of 25 years, Pat Jones, Greenwood; mother, Doty Jones, Greenwood; two daughters, Lori (Lee) Peden, Bruce, and Amy Tackett, Greenwood; two sisters, Debbie Holt, Jackson, and Terry (Robert) Vandevere, Yazoo City; three grandchildren, Blake Peden, Broc Peden, and Jenabeth Peden, and two nieces and nephews.
Visitation is today, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. at the Wilson & Knight Funeral Home in Greenwood, and Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service at North Greenwood Baptist Church. Dr. Jim Phillips and Dr. Billy Ray Stonestreet will officiate. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Blake Peden, Broc Peden, Lou Holt, Kyle Whitehead, John Malouf, Danny Smith, Rhyne Howard, and William Leflore. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Greenwood Elks Lodge # 854, and members of Single Buck Hunting Club.
Wilson and Knight Funeral Home is in charge. Online guestbook may be signed at www.wilsonandknight.com