Lena Jones

Lena Jones, 92, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 in the Parks Edge Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on February 15, 1918 in Gideon Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Denver C. Sullivan and Vera E. (Rice) Sullivan. She married Carlton Jones on February 6, 1942 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. They moved to California where she worked for and retired from Stanley Home Products. After Carlton's death, she moved back to Pryor where she lived until her passing on Wednesday. Lena was a wonderful seamstress and enjoyed embroidery and quilting. But painting was her passion and it showed in her beautiful works of art. She enjoyed baking and made cookies for everyone at holiday time. Lena was active in the First Free Will Baptist Church in Pryor when her health allowed. She was a wonderful lady who loved her Lord and her family. Even though she never had children of her own she helped to raise her brothers and sisters, being second of ten children. She loved her nieces and nephews like her own. Lena was a very strong, independent lady who leaves a legacy of love for her family to cherish. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Shipman's Funeral Chapel with Reverends Glenn Lewis and Thomas Ballard officiating. Interment will be in the New Home Cemetery next to her husband, Carlton. The family asks memorials be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or to local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure fundraisers. To leave a personal message to her family please see her web memorial at www.shipmansfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the direction of Shipman's Funeral Cremation Service. Lena is survived by her brother, Charles Kenneth Sullivan of Sand Springs, OK; her sister, Newana R. Parker of Sand Springs, OK; Niece, Betty Meredith of San Marcos, CA; great niece, Susan Folsom of Lenexa, KS; grand nephew, Randall Hall of Pryor, OK; Cousin, Helen Heath of Tulsa, OK; nephew, Thomas Houston Hall of Tampa, FL; a host of other relatives and friends. A special thank you to her new friends that showed such kindness to her, Grace Hospice and Parks Edge Nursing Center in Tulsa.

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