Mary Lynne Bigby Jones

1927 - 2014

Mary Lynne Bigby Jones passed from this Earth to be with her Lord on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Service: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Greenwood Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Mary Lynne, or "Mom" as she was known to friends, was born Oct. 12, 1927, to Walter Clifford and Anne Lois Farmer Bigby. She graduated from North Side High School in Fort Worth in 1944 and entered Texas Christian University, where she earned her degree in art education. She married William Leroy Jones on July 16, 1948. She taught art at Stephen F. Austin from 1948 until 1952 before taking a break to raise her children. She returned to teaching at Como Elementary teaching the Head Start Program, when her children, Marile Jones Hackney and Walter Jones, reached school age in 1966. Mary Lynne then moved to Circle Park Elementary to teach kindergarten. When Circle Park was closed and moved to a new building, Manuel Jara, Mary Lynne moved with them. She returned to TCU to earn a master's degree in education in 1980. She retired from teaching in 1994 to help her son in his accounting practice. Mary Lynne was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, W. Leroy Jones, and her parents. Survivors: Children, Marile Jones Hackney of Nacogdoches and Walter Leon Jones and his wife, Laurie Friedson Jones, of Weatherford; granddaughters, Amanda Hackney of Dickinson, Jessica Jones Legg and husband, Sean, of Fort Worth, Samantha Hackney Weems and husband, Cody, of Nacogdoches, Jaclyn Jones Justice and husband, Brad, of Weatherford and Rebecca Hackney Koenig and husband, Cole, of De Leon; great-granddaughters, Mallory Legg, Abigail Koenig and Carlee Weems; sisters, Anne Bigby Cozart and husband, Gene, of Fort Worth and Priscilla Bigby Drennan and husband, Eugene, of Robinson County; brother-in-law, Ronald Jones and wife, Norma, of Euless; sisters-in-law, Orheana Greeson of Rule and Troyanna Smith of Fort Worth; and her cousin and lifelong "older sister," Betty Farmer Daniel. She is also survived by countless friends and family who always held a special place in her heart.