Joseph Levi Jones, Jr., 83 of Olla, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. He was born Monday, February 13, 1933, in Flat Creek, Louisiana, to the union of his parents, Joseph Levi Jones, Sr. and Lottie Faulk Jones. Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 2, at Sharon Baptist Church with the Revs. Brad Jones and Gene Cumpton officiating. Interment followed in the Sharon Cemetery in Sikes under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield. He was preceded in death by his parents, and two sisters, Opal Taylor and Jewel Cole. Survivors include his sons, Jeff Jones and wife Tonya, of Weston, and Mitch Jones and wife Teresa of Quitman; daughter, Jennifer Sims and husband Matt of Choudrant; nine grandchildren, Lauren King, Wade Jones, Levi Jones, Leslie Jones, Logan Jones, Abby Sims, Cloe Sims, Bryce Parker, and Mackenzie Parker; three great grandchildren, Kayleigh, Presley and Aubrey King; sisters, Lois Rigdon and Geraldine Thurber; brothers, D. E. Jones, John David “Bud” Jones, and James Taylor; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
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