Gracie Parsley Jones

85 year old Gracie Parsley Jones of Woodbury died Monday of an extended illness. She was a Cannon County native, a member of the Church of Christ, and a retired employee of the Colonial Corporation. The funeral will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home. Herb Alsup will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until 9:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Martha Dockery Parsley; her husband, Frank H. (Casey) Jones; a son and daughter-in-law, Laymon and Pat Jones; seven brothers and sisters, Jessie Parsley, Anderson Parsley, Bob Parsley, Bertie Melton, Mammie Quattlebaum, Verna White, and Georgia Keaton. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Julie Parsley of Woodbury. Nine grandchildren, Melinda and her husband Darrell Snyder, Greta and her husband Butch Stone, Andrew and his wife Michelle Parsley, Tyler and his wife Jessie Parsley, Ricky and his wife Tammy Jones, Nan Miller, Jackie and his wife Becky Jones, Peggy and her husband Riley Trammel, and several nieces and nephews. Twenty seven great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren survive. Woodbury Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.