Lorita Nelson Jones

Lorita Nelson Jones

Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones, "Miss Lo," 95 of Biloxi, Mississippi, passed from this life at Biloxi Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, February 9, 2005. She was born to the late Bertha Louis Rogers and the late Lamar Nelson on July 19, 1909 in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Mrs. Jones attended Biloxi Colored School and after, when Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School opened in 1914, she was one of the first students to attend. She worked as a laundress at Keesler Air Force Base, and later provided for her family working as a domestic until she retired in 1971. She was one of the original members of Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church when it was founded in 1914.

Preceding Mrs. Jones in death were her mother, Bertha Louis Rogers; her daughter, Maude Ellen, her daughter, Phyllis Marie Love; and her sister, Antonia Wilson

She leaves to cherish her precious memory her beloved daughter, Lorraine Marie Jones of Biloxi, Mississippi; her son, Edward Jones of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; one niece, Betty (Clem) Smith; two nephews, George (Eva) Miller, and Dennis (Antoinette) Miller, all of New Orleans, Louisiana; thirteen grand children, twenty-five great-grandchildren; ten great-great-grandchildren; and many, many other relatives and friends who loved her dearly.

A visitation will be on Monday, February 14, from 10-11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 803 Division St., Biloxi, Mississippi. The Funeral Mass will be held on February 14, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows. Interment at Biloxi Cemetery will follow the Funeral Mass.

The House of Richmond in Biloxi is in charge of the arrangements.