Gloria Mae Jones

Gloria Mae Jones, 88, of Aurora, passed away Dec. 25, 2019, at the Bentonview Park Health and Rehabilitation Center in Monett. She was born March 20, 1931, in Kansas, Ala., to David and Grace (Hicks) Dodd.
She was a 1949 graduate of Carbon Hill High School in Carbon Hill, Ala.and was a nurse’s aide for 23 years with Lacoba Nursing Home in Monett.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Aurora. In 1951, she married Emerson Eugene Jones, in Aurora. He preceded her in death in 2006.
Jones is survived by: son, David  (Melissa) Jones of Monett; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Lucy McFarrin of Alabama; brothers, Cecil and Rusty Dodd, of Jasper, Ala. She was preceded in death by: her parents; husband; four sisters; and two brothers.
A funeral service was held Dec. 31, 2019, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora. Burial followed at Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Visitation was held Dec. 30, 2019, in the funeral home chapel. Online condolences maybe shared at www.CraftonCantrellFuneralHome.com.