CLEVELAND - Cecil "Buddy" Conrad Jones, age 78, of Cleveland, passed away on Sunday August 16, 2015 at the Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville.
Visitation will be held Tuesday august 18, 2015 from 6:00 PM to8:00 PM at the Cleveland Funeral Home in Cleveland. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday August 19, 2015 at Cleveland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Lehrton Cemetery. Reverend Larry Chouccoli will officiate the services.
Buddy was born on December 25, 1936, one of twelve children to Dave Alonzo and Mattie May (Skinner) Jones in Cleveland, MS. He attended Linn Schools and joined the National Guard at an early age. He was a US Navy Veteran. Buddy worked in the towing industry for over 40 years, retiring from Ingram Barge Company in 1998 as a chief engineer. Buddy was known as the go to man to fix most anything. He loved to visit and talk with his neighbors and friends. Buddy had friends all up and down the Mississippi River from the Ohio River to New Orleans.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dave Alonzo and Mattie May Jones, brothers; Jack Jones, Robert Louis Jones, Dave A. Jones, Jr. Sisters, Martha Jane Pate, Francis Prewitt, Dorothy Jones Pate and Betty Jean Malatesta.
Buddy is survived by Son, Tony (Kathy) Jones of Cleveland, MS. Brother, Bernnie B.(Gladys) Jones of Cleveland, MS. Sister, JoAnn (Norman) Jones Silverblatt of Kenner, LA. Sister, Carol Sue Jones of Cleveland, MS. Sister, Linda Jones (Larry) Jefcoat of Cleveland, MS. Grandchildren, Dane and Matty Jones of Cleveland, MS.
Pallbearers are Bernnie Jones, Jr., Oliver Jones, Robert Jones, Jr., Galen Givens, Gary Haney and Jimmy Haney.
Memorials may be made to Dockery Baptist Church P O Box 577 Ruleville, MS 38771
Cleveland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The on-line guest register may be viewed and signed at
www.clevelandfuneneralhome.net