John Warren Sones Jr.

John Warren Sones Jr. obituary, Picayune, MS

John Warren Sones Jr.

John Sones Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McDonald Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Picayune on Apr. 10, 2025.
Funeral Services for John Warren Sones, Jr., age 95, of Carriere, MS, who passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2025, will be held Monday, April 14, 2025, at 1:00 pm at Sones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Visitation will be Monday, April 14, 2025 from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm at Sones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
Burial will be in the Sones Chapel Cemetery under the direction of McDonald Funeral Home.
Elder Gary Sumrall will officiate the service.
John Warren Sones, Jr. was born November 08, 1929 in New Orleans to the late John W. Sones, Sr. (Bro. Johnny Sones) and Anne Marie Anderson Sones. He passed away early in the morning on April 9, 2025 at his home with family of the Sones Chapel Community in Pearl River County. He was retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, as well as retired from Federal Department of Agriculture. John was a proud member of Sones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. He was a loving father, grandfather and friend.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Maggie Frances Sones; parents, Elder John Warren Sones, Sr. and Ella Marie Anderson Sones; daughter, Rebecca Ann Graff, sister, Doris Rae Harrison; baby brother, Carol Lee Sones.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Barbara Gail Grush, son, John W. (Donnia J.) Sones, III, son, Jeffrey C. (Teresa A.) Sones, son, Jasper Carroll (Karen Sue) Sones; John W. Sones, IV and 14 more grandchildren; John W Sones V and 21 more great grandchildren; 6 great great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
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