Mr. Merrick Jones

January 1, 1929 - November 23, 2016

Mr. Jones was born on January 1, 1929 in Natchez, the son of Silas Jones, Sr and Excelena Tyler Jones. Merrick was retired from St. Catherine Ready Mix, Inc. He was a member of Smithland Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. Merrick is preceded in death by his parents; son: Charles Davis Jones; daughter: Ada Lee Jones; three brothers: James Albert Jones, Sam Jones and Charles Edward Jones; two sisters: Emma January and Mary Joyce Robinson; mother-in-law: Veran Smith and father-in-law: George White. He is survived by: his loving and devoted wife of 63 years: Florean White Jones; three daughters: Lillian Carter of Baytown, TX, Dorothy Cobbs and husband William of Houston, TX, and Sandra Trimble and husband Lyndell of Natchez; one daughter-in-law: Shirley Jones of Natchez; five grandchildren: Kenneth Jones and wife LaTaysha of McDonald, GA, Christopher Jones and wife Michella of Baytown, TX, David Jones Jones and wife Kyndrea , Cordell Carter and wife Angela, all of Houston, TX, and Lyndell Trimble of Baytown, TX; thirteen great-grandchildren; two sisters: Mary Ellen Ford and husband Rev. Ernest , Sr. of Natchez and Gloria Jackson of New Orleans, LA; two brothers, Silas Jones, Jr. and wife Marie of Natchez; Theodore R. Jones of New Orleans, LA; three sisters-in-law: Janie Jones, Mary Louise Tenner, both of Natchez and Catherine Minor of St, Louis, MO; brother-in-law, Joe White of St. Louis, MO; two God-daughters: Destinee Schoby and Taylor Schoby, both of Natchez and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Online condolences maybe sent to www.westgatefh.com