Mary Ellen Jones, 89, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas. A native of Odessa, Texas, she graduated from Odessa High School in 1950. Mary attended church at Cross Ridge Church in Little Elm and recently, Coastline Baptist in Corpus Christi and was a devout Christian. Her favorite times were when she spent time with her family. Mary was a talented woman. She loved her crafts, everything from painting, making quilts, and just about any other craft you could think of. Everything she created was beautiful and made with love. Mary also enjoyed spending time with her friends at the Senior Citizens Center in Little Elm. She contributed to the chemo wards in hospitals and to special people with handmade “Chemo Bags”. These bags were made and packed with goodies to help the cancer patient survive the hours of chemotherapy. She also, with the help of volunteers at the Little Elm Senior Citizen’s Center, made “Huggy Quilts”. These quilts were designed to give comfort for children removed from abusive situation and provided comfort and warmth to these children.
Mary was survived by her three children, Pam Wood of Corpus Christi, Dwanna Prather of Haltom City, Texas, and Renee Lomax of the Colony, Texas; 5 grandchildren, Kristopher Woods, Stephen Woods, Jennifer Lomax, Nicole Lomax, and Joshua Lomax; 10 great grandchildren. Anderson, Albie, Archer, Brandon, Rickey, Loren, Jayden, Keegan, Aidan, and Knox, one brother Gerald Virden, and numerous nieces and nephews, and cousins.
Mary was preceded in death by her father, Joe Gibson; mother, Dorothy Martin; brother, Johnny Virden; and great-granddaughter, Karis Wood.
Mary was a loving mother, grandparent, and great grandparent, loved live and loved to laugh. Her talents were extraordinary. She is greatly loved and missed by all that knew her.
A funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home Chapel, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas 75013. The service will also be live streamed at the following link: https://celebrationoflife.tv/blog/mary-e-jones. After the service, the recorded live stream will be available for viewing at the same link location. Interment will follow at Pecan Grove Cemetery, Industrial Blvd & Highway 5, McKinney, Texas 75069.
The family will receive friends during a visitation on friday evening, December 17, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.