Obit of Jones, Eugene "Poss" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     18 Sep 2005
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Surnames: JONES, PARKER, FERGUSON, HIGBEE, BUSSMAN, SANDY, DUCK, BERGER, 
GRAVITT, FRESH, GRIFFIN, WATKINS

Eugene Jones

from 4-18-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Eugene "Poss" Jones, 78, resident of Tulsa, and former resident of 
Bartlesville, died at 3:25 PM on Wednesday at the Southern Hills Nursing 
Home.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday in the Stumpff 
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Parker of the First Presbyterian 
Church of Blackwell, Oklahoma officiating. Memorial services and cremation 
will be under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home.

Memorials have been established and those who wish to make contributions 
may do so to the American Diabetes Association Attn: Sandy Berenson 6600 
S. Yale Ave. Suite 1310 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-3346 or the National 
Parkinson's Foundation P.O. Box 450 Huntindon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006.

Mr. Jones was born June 6, 1924 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma to George 
Harrison and Estelle May (Ferguson) Jones, Sr. He was raised and received 
his education at Bartlesville, graduating from College High School in 
1942. He was employed at the National Zinc Corporation and the Ideal 
Cleaners, retiring from National Zinc in 1987. Mr. Jones was a member of 
the Eagles Lodge and the Moose Lodge both of Bartlesville.

Survivors include two sons; David Eugene Higbee of Dewey, Oklahoma and 
Steven Ferrell Jones of Wyandotte, Oklahoma; three daughters Gina Gail 
Bussman of Collinsville, Carla Jean Sandy of Blackwell, Oklahoma and 
Candis Joyce Jones-Duck of Bartlesville; one brother George H. "Broom" 
Jones Jr. of Grove, Oklahoma; two sisters Ann Berger of Bartlesville, and 
his twin sister Nadine Gravitt also of Bartlesville; twelve grandchildren; 
eleven great-grandchildren; and two life time loyal friends Colleen Jones 
Fresh and Bob Griffin. Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents and 
two sisters Edna Glenn and Alta Watkins.
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