ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: JONES, MARY "LOUISE" BABINGTON 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Sunday, December 12, 2010

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JONES, MARY "LOUISE" BABINGTON 
(May 2, 1913 - December 12, 2010)

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Mary Louise Babington Jones, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-
grandmother, aunt and great-aunt, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her 
family on Sunday, December 12, 2010, at the age of 97.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank Wiley Jones; her parents, William 
Walker and Mima Magee Babington; sisters Lela, Lenora, Nurcelia, Katie, Willie 
and Mima; brothers Michael, Robert, William, John, Carl, Richard and Stephen; 
and great-granddaughter, Chandler. 

She is survived by her son, Dr. Will J. Jones of Boca Raton, FL; her daughter 
Mary Louise Prudhomme of Baton Rouge; six grandchildren - Dr. Karen Jones and 
her husband Dr. Sean Campbell, Ren� Prudhomme, Jeanne Prudhomme Coco and her 
husband Malcolm, Frank Jones, Alexander Jones and Haley Jones; six great-
grandchildren - Katherine and Candace Campbell, McKenzie, McGrath and Michael 
Prudhomme and Caroline Coco; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Born in Franklinton on May 2, 1913, the youngest of fourteen children, Louise 
raised her family in Covington and retired to Baton Rouge. She graduated from 
Franklinton High School and obtained her degree in education from Southeastern 
Louisiana University. Louise was a second-grade teacher at Covington Elementary. 

She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. A woman of 
many talents, Louise was known as the "Charleston Queen" by her friends and 
family during the "Roaring Twenties" and could play piano by ear. Lt. Frank 
Jones and Louise were married in Shreveport in 1930. The newspaper announcement 
of her marriage, described her as "an outstanding figure in beauty and grace and 
a popular leader in the young social set." Brilliant and beautiful until the 
end, the remarkable Louise was loved by many and will be greatly missed. 

The family gratefully acknowledges the loving care of Markel Rumfellow of 
Feliciana Home Health and Maria Tarleton and the ladies of The Cottage, where 
Louise lived and laughed in her final years.

Cremation will be under the direction of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in 
Covington. A memorial service led by Rev. Chris Andrews will be held in the E.J. 
Fielding Chapel at 2260 W. 21st Avenue on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 11:00 
AM. Friends and relatives are welcome to visit with the family at E.J. Fielding 
Funeral Home on Saturday from 10:00 AM until the service. A private interment 
will be in the Babington-Jones family plot at Ellis Cemetery in Franklinton.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in memoriam may be given to the First United Methodist 
Church, 930 North Blvd. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 or The Cottage, 9312 
Meredith Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815.

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