Carlton Ray Jones

Services for Carlton Ray Jones, also know as "Papa" and "Jonesy", 57, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, November 24, 2012, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Lindley Hagler officiating and burial to follow at Sand Hill Cemetery in Upshur County. Mr. Jones passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2012, in Gilmer. He was born on December 2, 1954 at Ft. Bragg, N. C. to Carl Edwin Jones and Carolyn Joan Wheeler Jones. Carlton worked as a millwright at Lone Star Steel and was a member of Sand Hill Church of Christ. He is survived by his parents, Carl and Carolyn Jones of Athalia, Ohio; daughter, Crystal Jones and Mychael McCullough of Gilmer; son, Ross Jones and Esmeralda Avila of Houston; mother of his children, Ida Montgomery of Gilmer; brother and sister-in-law, Tony and Barbara Jones of Arlington; sisters and brothers-in-law, Carlene and Jeff Wargo of Newton Falls, Ohio, Beverly and Jim Pettigrew of Wisconsin, Val and Doyle Collins of Grandbury, Texas, and four grandchildren, Keylan Bowens, Mariah Bowens, Dennis Bowens, Jr. and Darren Bowens, and a host of friends and loved ones; including his best friend Melanie Ellis. Visitation will be on Friday, November 23, 2012 from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.