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   Elmer Beauford "Jack" Jones

   Elmer Beauford "Jack" Jones, 92, of Amarillo died Thursday, July 31,
   2003.

   Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Amarillo Primitive Baptist Church
   with R.A. Tindall, elder and pastor, officiating. Burial will be in
   Memorial Park Cemetery by Holley Funeral Home of Canyon.

   Mr. Jones was born Oct. 19, 1910, in Mansfield. He married Bessie
   Fuller on Aug. 1, 1936, in Raymondville. Jack spent much of his life
   farming and together he and Bessie raised seven children.

   They moved to Amarillo in the mid-1970s, where Jack worked for Bell
   Helicopter until his retirement. Jack and Bessie shared 44 wonderful
   years together before she preceded him in death on Aug. 5, 1980.

   Jack married Ruby Merle Doss on Feb. 14, 1981.

   Jack will be remembered by all for his great love of family and
   friends. He will be forever missed by all those who loved him.

   He was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen Wing of Sayre, Okla.

   Survivors include his second wife; three sons, Elmer Wayne Jones of
   Whiteface, Gary Jones of Amarillo and Eddie Jones of Elgin; three
   daughters, Louise Estes of Fresno, Calif., Carol Kinney of Round Rock
   and Brenda Hodges of Amarillo; a sister, Fern Kerr of Memphis; three
   half-sisters, Lorraine Skelton, Rosalynn Jones and Emma Jean Newcomb,
   all of Elk City, Okla.; two half-brothers, Larry Jones and Dean Jones,
   both of Joshua; 24 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 10
   great-great-grandchildren.

   Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 2, 2003