Marjorie Jones, a gifted Dallas artist, passed away November 3, 2025 at the age of 90. She was born on June 12, 1935, in Knox City, Texas, to Harvey James Morris and Lillie Mae (McCluer) Morris.
Marjorie and her husband Rudy Jones were married in 1951. In 1986, they moved from Dallas to their country home in Collin County where he built a large studio/gallery for Marjorie. They selected a beautiful farm with a wooded creek area, designed and developed an environment to support Marjorie's creative efforts... and a marketing center for her work.
Marjorie is an alumnus of the Scottsdale Artist School and Fechin Institute and studied with leading national artist/teachers. She was a member of: Associated Creative Artists, Allied Artist of America and Oil Painters of America, Artists, Allied Artist of America and Oil Painters of America.
Her paintings and portraits grace the homes of her many clients in the Dallas area. In addition to her other artworks, she painted hundreds of portraits and people paintings in her career... and some 150 historical paintings in four educational exhibits and hundreds of floral, landscapes and still life paintings.
Painting "plein air" was Marjorie's passion for painting landscapes. Painting outdoors on location inspired her creative process, allowing her to capture the drama and essence of the scene with the nuances of light and vibrant colors. She was a colorist with an impressionist style using bold pure colors painting, the effect of light, creating brilliant paintings.
Marjorie received many opportunities to paint important works in the Dallas area. On location she painted: The Eugene McDermott Concert Hall and Dallas Symphony: the Dallas Opera; Cotton Bowl Parade; Texas State Fair; Old City Park & Dallas Skyline: Fair Park Music Hall; The Majestic Theatre as it appeared at its opening: and many other historic scenes and... at many community fund raisers. She has taken to the streets to paint such paintings as the Dallas Flower Market; historic West End; The Trolley on McKinney Avenue; Dallas Arboretum; Highland Park Azalea Trail: Flippin Park: Turtle Creek and the list goes on ... and on.
With the help and advice of historians, scholars and researchers, Marjorie, with painstaking effort to ensure historical accuracy, over a 20 year period created a body of some 150 historical paintings for four educational exhibits: Spirit of Dallas, an art/history exhibit portraying the multicultural beginnings of the North Texas area; Women on the Texas Frontier; Indians in Texas, 1500 to 1880s and Through the Eyes of a Child an art/history project consisting of over 30 portraits of multicultural children with historical displays exploring when diverse cultures migrated to the North Texas area.
Margorie is survived by her sons, Richard Alan Jones and wife, Kim of Dallas, Texas and Stephen Wayne Jones and wife, Rhonda of Frisco, Texas; daughter Deborah Lynn Suter and husband, Eris of Dallas, Texas; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of other loving family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Jones; parents, Harvey and Lillie Morris; sisters, Betty Kirksey and Ann Butler; and brother, Bill Morris
Burial is in Cottage Hill Cemetery located in Northern Collin County.