Joan Hargis Jones

   September 3, 1932 - March 13, 2011

Joan Hargis Jones, age 78 of Somerset, KY, departed this life on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at the Sunrise Manor Nursing Home.

She was born on September 3, 1932 in Ferguson, KY to the late Herschel and Ethel Sweeney Hargis. Mrs. Jones was a retired patient aide for the Communities of Oakwood.  She was a member of the Glennwood Baptist Church, where she was the pianist and very active in the church. Mrs. Jones loved flower gardening and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Jones is survived by her two sons, Jimmie (and Cathy) Jones of Science Hill, KY and Carl David (and Virginia, “Jenny”) Jones of Eubank, KY; four grandchildren, James Edward Jones, Gregory Lynn Jones, Heather Lynn Jones, and Holly Michelle Jones; a great grandchild, James Tyler Jones; and a sister, Sharon Lee Stanifer of Ohio.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence “Tiny” Jones, whom she married on June 29, 1949 in East Somerset; an infant son, Larry Dean Jones; two brothers, Charles Ray Hargis and Carl Parker Hargis; and a sister, Elizabeth Ann Hargis.

Visitation for Mrs. Jones will be Wednesday, March 16th at 6:00 pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 17th at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Williams officiating. Burial will be in the Saline Cemetery. Pallbearers for Mrs. Jones will be Donnie Jones, Edward Jones, Steve Jones, Mike Walls, Tim Singleton, and Jimmie Jones.

The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to the American Heart Assoication.