Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Peggy Lou (Chappell) Jones
(July 14, 1948 - October 11, 2013)

Peggy Lou Jones, of Donie, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at Providence 
Hospital in Waco, with family at her side.

Visitation will be Saturday, October 12, 2013, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., at 
Groesbeck Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at the 
Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Benny Mize of the First Baptist 
Church of Fairfield officiating. Burial will follow in Lost Prairie Cemetery.

Peggy was born July 14, 1948 in Mexia to Charles and Alta Chappell. She was one 
of five children. Peggy married Billy Jones on November 11, 1963. They would have 
been married fifty years next month.

Peggy struggled since the mid-eighties with poor health, including diabetes, 
kidney disease, kidney transplant, and arthritis, but few people were aware of 
it. She loved animals, especially her cat, Missy and Goober, her blue-healer. 
She loved watching Dr. Charles Stanley preach on television. She was a solid 
Christian and loved the Lord.

Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, C. J. Chappell 
and Willie Chappell; and two sisters, Oma Lee Paul and Helen Shinault.

She is survived by her husband, Billy Jones of Donie; son and daughter-in-law, 
Chester and Tammy Jones of Donie; son, Doug Jones of Donie; grandchildren, Alta 
Vogel and husband Kris of Lewisville; grandson, Odis Jones of Flowood, 
Mississippi; and many nieces and nephews.