Troy A. Jones, Sr., 64

Born on June 30, 1941 in DeKalb County, he was a retired coach and educator with the Warren County School System and member of Westwood Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by parents, William Cephas and Mary Grace Cantrell Jones and brothers, Charles, Roger, and Joe Jones.

Survivors include his wife, Patsy Jones, McMinnville; son and daughter-in-law, Chip and Janet Jones of Rock Island; daughter, Torrye Jones and companion John Mark Porter of McMinnville; daughters and sons-in-law, Angie and Jeff Bandy and Tenara and Kenneth King, all of McMinnville; stepdaughter, Angela Ann Evans of McMinnville; stepson and wife, Jason and Susan Haston of Foley, Ala.; sister, Billie Grace Estes of Smithville; and brothers, Gary Jones and Cantrell Jones, all of Smithville. Seven grandchildren surviving; Hayden Jones, Griffin Jones, Eli Jones, Ethan Bandy, Ellen Bandy, Jaxon King, and Camdyn Porter and step-grandchildren Gracie and Kari Haston, Lucas and Penny Evans.

Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Harold Jones, Bransford England, and Bobby Newby will officiate. Interment will follow at New Union Cemetery in DeKalb County. The Jones family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the time of service today at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 16, 2006