Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Billy Ray Jones

Aug. 11, 1943 - June 10, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 6/12/2008
SOUTH BEND - Billy Ray Jones, 64, of Huntingburg, Indiana, formerly of the South Bend area, died at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at his residence in Huntingburg. He was born on August 11, 1943, in Florence, Alabama, to Leonard and Clura (Herriell) Jones.

 

He was united in marriage to Sandra Kay Hurst on July 29, 2000, in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was a retired self-employed trim carpenter, a United States Army veteran, a member of Huntingburg V.F.W. Post #2366 and Santa Claus American Legion, and enjoyed boating on the St. Joe River in South Bend with friends. He was preceded in death by one brother, Jimmy Lynn Jones. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Kay; two sons, Kenneth Ray (wife: Kelly) Jones of Santa Claus, IN, and Robert Allen Jones of Evansville, IN; two sisters, Brenda Sappington of Myrtle, Missouri, and Doris Jean Frasier of Mishawaka, IN; and two grandchildren.

 

Friends may call for viewing and visitation at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m., EDT, today, June 12th. V.F.W. Post #2366 will conduct a military memorial service at 6:00 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. Following the visitation and memorial service, cremation will take place and the cremains will be buried at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to VistaCare Hospice.