Johnny Ashley Jones, 75, of Leesburg went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 16, 2009, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A celebration of Life Memorial Service honoring Johnny will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Steve McBrayer will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date. Honorary pallbearers will be Keith Lupton, Sr., Ronnie Sullivan, Keith Lupton, Jr., Ash Spurlock, Wayne Bell, Matt Kierce, Robbie Mercer and Chris Bell. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 20, 2009, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Jones was born on February 27, 1934 in Hazlehurst and was the son of James Carroll Jones, Sr. and Anzer Lee Crumley Jones, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by one son, Wayne McDaniel; one brother, James Carroll Jones, Jr.; and one sister, Bonnie Lee Nahas. He was the owner of Custom Upholstery and a sales representative for Delta Partners, Inc. Mr. Jones was an ordained Baptist minister and a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He had lived in the Albany-Leesburg area since 1976.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Vera Doris Moye Jones of Leesburg; five daughters and two sons-in-law, Bonnie and Keith Lupton of Leesburg, Pamela Jones of Panama City Beach, Florida, Sandra and Ronnie Sullivan of Palm Coast, Florida, Linda Bell of Tifton and Judy Mercer of Tifton; twelve grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren.
On behalf of our family, we would like to thank our Lee County Health Care Family and Staff for all of the love, care and compassion that they have given to our parents over the last 10 ½ years. Also, a special thanks to his primary care physician, Dr. B. Scoggins, M.D.
The family will be at the home of Bonnie and Keith Lupton, 104 Fox Hound Court, Leesburg, Georgia.