Mr. Herman Ivey Jones of Ariton

Holman Funeral Home and Cremations of Ozark

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Posted by: Holman Funeral Home
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Date: Apr 06 2022 11:48 PM

   Mr. Herman Ivey “Blue” Jones, a resident of Ariton, died Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Oakview Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 90 years of age                       

   Funeral services for Mr. Jones will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 9, 2022, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark with Reverend Jim Powell officiating. Private interment will follow in Ariton Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Saturday from 10:00 A.M. until service time.

   Mr. Jones was born August 16, 1931 in Dale County, Alabama to the late John Cecil Jones and Mary Eva Ivey Jones. He graduated from Ariton High School and joined the United States Army where he served as a Command Chauffer in Europe in the B-36th Infantry Battalion. Following his military service, he returned to Ariton to work on the family farm.  Blue was active in the Dale County Farmers Federation and was a poultry farmer for over 30 years.  He loved his family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Blue enjoyed cooking and slipping off to go fishing.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas A. Jones and his great grandson, James Cooper Jones.

   He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mable Constene Williamson Jones of Ariton; one son and daughter-in-law, James Cecil “Jimmy” and Lucy Jones of Ariton;  grandchildren, James Brandon Jones (Stella) of Ariton, Julie Jones Garner of Troy, James Mark “Jay” Cannon (Heather) of Brundidge and Jonathan Lewis Jones (Hilary) of Ariton. Eleven great grandchildren also survive.

   

   Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in his memory to your favorite charity.

Condolences may be expressed at www.HolmanFuneralHome.com   

 

 

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