Sylvia "Laverna" (Perkins) Jones
February 13, 1926 — January 23, 2015
Alvord ~ Sylvia “Laverna” Jones, 88, a homemaker, went to be with our Lord Friday, January 23, 2015 in Decatur.
Funeral is 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Alvord with burial in Alvord Cemetery. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Monday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home.
Bro. Bill Cleveland and Brett Cottrell will officiate. Pallbearers include Wayne Hobbs, Douglas Jones, Pat Campbell, Allen Campbell, Philip Grundy, and Ricky Tow.
Laverna was born on February 13, 1926 to John and Jessie (McElroy) Perkins in Alvord, Texas. She was united in marriage to Jesse Jones Jr. on June 11, 1941 in Decatur. Laverna was a member of First Baptist Church of Alvord.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jesse Jones Jr.
Those left behind to cherish her memory are her sons, Roger Jones and wife Luella of Alvord, and Dwain Jones and wife Rosemary of Sunset; 5 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren.
Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home, Decatur, Texas, 940-627-5959