VIRGINIA JONES

JONES Virginia Spragins, age 98, died peacefully in her home in South Brunswick on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. A lifelong resident of Brunswick County, she was devoted to her loving family. She was predeceased by her husband, S.R. "Shorty" Jones Jr.; a son, John Wesley "Dick" Jones; her parents, Stith B. Spragins and Daisy W. Spragins; four brothers, Suthey E. Spragins, William S. Spragins, Leroy A. Spragins and Nelvin G. Spragins; and two sisters, Louisa S. Jones and Dora S. Edwards. She is survived by two sons, Nelvin R. "Nat" Jones and his wife, Shelby, and Larry M. Jones and his wife, Justine; two daughters, Lucy J. Clary and her husband, Bobby, and Judy J. Taylor and her husband, Tom; her sister, Mayo S. Kidd; 10 grandchildren, Clint Clary and his wife, Lorrie, Greg Jones and his wife, Julia, Mary Lynn Tanner and her husband, Dan, Sid Jones and his wife, Susan, Sigmund Jones and his wife, Krisha, Keith Jones, Lori Bentley and her husband, Scott, Brian Taylor and his wife, Kimberly, Mallory Jones, and Cheryl Taylor; 14 great-grandchildren; her loving niece, Beverly J. Ellis; and her devoted friend, Joyce S. Webb. The family will receive friends at the Jones family home Wednesday, November 25, 2009. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, November 27, 2009 at Williams Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, followed by interment at Antioch Christian Church in Elams, North Carolina. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Antioch Christian Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 251, Gasburg, Va. 23857.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.