Vernell (Johnson) Jones |
| Posted 2009-04-14 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ February 7, 2001, p. A18 Vernell Johnson Jones of Phoenix, died Feb. 4. She was 87. Mrs. Jones was born in Tucson on Feb. 19, 1913 and lived most of her life in Arizona. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Glenn A. Jones, a native Arizona community leader and businessman, and the owner of Jones Ford in Wickenburg. Survivors include her sons, Thomas G. Jones and Ronald L. Jones, and daughter, Glenna Shapiro, all of the Phoenix Valley, and daughters Vernadeen Vetterli of Provo, Utah, and Marva Stowell of Glendora Calif. She also leaves her sons and daughters in law, Dr. Lawrence J. Shapiro, Gregg N. Stowell, Kathy Sassar Jones and Gwen Doyle Jones; 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Other surviving family members include her sisters and brother Beth Essley, Beulah Langford and Louise Harris, all of Mesa, and Clifford Johnson of Missouri. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, R. Richard Vetterli, Sister Marva Johnson, and brothers L.R. Johnson and Francis "Bud" Johnson. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 9 at the Biltmore LDS Ward, 1835 Missouri Ave., Phoenix, at 10:30 a.m. |
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