Vernon "Tip" Davis Jones

VERNON D. JONES (AFFECTIONATLEY KNOWN AS TIP) WAS BORN IN CHARLESTON MO JULY 19, 1950.

HE WAS A 1969 GRADUATE OF CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL.  AFTER GRADUATION, HE MOVED TO ST. LOUIS WHERE HE STARTED HIS CAREER WORKING AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY.  HE REMAINED THERE FOR  30 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999 AT THE AGE OF 49.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, LUCILLE PARKER, STEPFATHER ,WILLIAM PARKER, FATHER, MARCIEDALE DAVIS, BROTHERS, NATHANIEL  JONES, SR., WILLIE JONES, JR., SISTERS, ALICE BRADLEY, URSEL JONES AND SON, JUAN WALKER.

VERNON WAS A VERY LOVING AND GIVING MAN AND NEVER MET A STRANGER.  HIS GRANDCHILDREN WERE HIS LIFE.  HE LOVED COOKING, AND HIS TRUE PASSION WAS BAR BE QUEING AND HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS CRISPY SNOUTS.   HE WAS OFTEN CALLED UPON TO GRILL OR FRY FISH BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  VERNON LOVED HIS STAG BEER, PATRON AND WILD GAME.  HIS FAVORITE WAS RACOON AND HE ONLY SHARED IT WITH A FEW OF HIS FAVORITE PEOPLE THAT ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS HE DID.

VERNON ALSO HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND WAS QUITE THE PRANKSTER AS SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF A BURNING HOT FOOT OR AN EXTRA SPICY SAUCE.   HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR EVERYONE AND WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK AND THE MONEY TO BUY YOURSELF A NEW ONE.  VERNON HAD THE KIND OF SPIRIT THAT WOULD FILL THE ROOM.  HE WILL BE TRULY MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM.  HE DIDN’T JUDGE PEOPLE AND WOULD ALWAYS  SAY “WHO AM I TO JUDGE ANYONE.”

VERNON SPENT THE LAST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE DOING WHAT HE ALWAYS DID CARING FOR OTHERS.  HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY SON MARCUS JONES, AND DAUGHTER SHA’RON LORRICK. BROTHERS JOE (MILDRED) JONES, IRA YOUNG, MARK (HELEN) JONES, SUPT. MITCHELL (NANCY) JONES, SISTERS, MARY JEAN MATHERS, CAROLYN DYER, BEULAHRE ROBINSON, GEORGETTA WELLS, ANNETTE JONES, AND REGINA ROBINSON,  SISTER IN LAW, THELMA JONES, SOULMATE, CAROLYN DANIELS, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN,  JACQUESHA, JACQUE, JASHONDA, JAZZMA, DA’JUAN, DA’VONTAY AND SHA’KINA, AUNT CORINE JONES AND UNCLE REV. PAUL JONES SR, THREE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

HE IS GOING TO BE TRULY MISSED, NO ONE CAN TAKE HIS PLACE.  HE LEFT A VOID IN THE LIFE OF ALL THAT KNEW AND LOVED HIM.

A walk through visitation will be held Saturday, November 21, 2020 from 10:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at the Williams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, Missouri.   Graveside services will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery with Pastor Steve Betts officiating.