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Merritt “Inman” Jones,
age 87 of Ferguson, KY departed this life on Thursday, September
29, 2011 at the Somerset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
He was born on June 26,
1924 in London, KY to the late Jim Alfred and Lina Dotson Jones.
Mr. Jones was a graduate of the Hazel Green High School in East
Bernstadt, KY, a United States Navy veteran of WWII and a heavy
equipment salesman for Whayne Equipment Supply of Corbin, KY.
He was a member of the Somerset Masonic Lodge #111, the Olieka
Shriners Temple in Lexington, KY, and the High Street Baptist
Church in Somerset.
Mr. Jones married Zetta
Wilkerson Jones on March 22, 1947 in London, KY and she survives
him.
Along with his wife, he is
survived by two sons, Gary Jones and Kyle Jones, both of Somerset;
two daughters, Barbara Wilson of Somerset and Glenda (and Darrell)
Burton of Somerset; seven grandchildren, Tiffany Wilson of
Somerset, Brad (and April) Wilson of Somerset, Stacey Burton of
Somerset, Monica (and Clay) Hall of Salem, KY, Eric (and Kelly)
Burton of Somerset, MeKyla Jones of Somerset, and Dylan Jones of
Pine Knot, KY; thirteen great grandchildren, Jordan Eubanks,
Tanner Eubanks, Delaney Eubanks, Ashton Tarter, Adriene Tarter,
Kelley Wilson, Charlie Wilson, Savannah Burton, Abigail Hall,
Catherine Hall, Elisabeth Hall, Samuel Hall, and Silas Hall; and
two “adopted” grandsons, Austin Jones and Aidan Baker.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; an infant son; three brothers, Russell, Randall, and
Elmon Jones; and a sister, Lucy Hedrick.
Visitation for Mr. Jones
will be held on Friday, September 30th at 6:00 pm at
the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset.
Funeral service will be at
1:00 pm on Saturday, October 1st at the Chapel of Lake
Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Owen Edwards and Bro. Ed Amudson
officiating. Interment for Mr. Jones will be in the Lakeside
Memorial Gardens.
The family request
expressions of sympathy be made to the American Heart Association
and/or American Cancer Society.
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