Floyd Dwain Jones,
69, of Lincoln died at 8:39 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2002, at St.
Clara’s Manor.
His funeral will be
at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at Park Meadows Baptist Church,
Lincoln, with the Rev. S.M. Davis and the Rev. Tom Bryant
officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the
service.
Burial, with military
rites, will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Jones was a machinist
at Fiatt Allis. Also, he was a tax examiner for the state of
Illinois for 10 years.
He was a U.S. Navy
veteran.
He was born Oct. 22,
1932, in Logan County to Floyd E. and Amy A. Dye Jones. He married
Marilyn Finley on May 10, 1954, in Corinth, Miss.
Surviving are his
wife, of Lincoln; three daughters, Marilyn J. (and David) Bertram,
Vickie R. (and Tim) Loafman of Mount Pulaski and Cynthia S. Foley of
Lincoln; 10 grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren; one
great-grandchild and three step-great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Oneta Emmons of Middletown.
He was preceded in
death by one sister, Lois Emmons.
He was an active
member of Park Meadows Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to the church.
