Ms. Cora Lee Jones, age 79, of Wayne County,GA,  departed her earthly home on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, after a brief illness at the Harborview Nursing Home in Jesup, GA. She was surrounded by family and friends.

She was born June 1, 1938 in Odum, GA to the late Hannah Jackson and the late Williams Jones. She was educated in the Odum (Wayne County) School System. During her early years, she did domestic work and was a dishwasher for the O’Quinn Cafe. She was a member of the Good Hope Holiness Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her four sisters, Daisey Bell Jackson, Lottie M. Duhart, Ella Mae Bryant and Eva Jackson.

Left to cherish her memories are a son, Bobby Jones Sr., Odum; two brothers, Richard Jackson (Bertha), Jesup  and Burrough Jackson (Phyllis), Odum; three grandchildren, Bobby Jones Jr., Atlanta and Quintina Jones and Brittay Jones, both of Screven and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Visitation will take place from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the funeral home, 505 Ware Street, Blackshear.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Good Hope Holiness Church, 747 Railroad Street, Odum,GA. Bishop Leroy Jackson is the pastor and Elder Bobby Jones Jr. will deliver words of comfort.

Interment will follow in the Odum City Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Bertha Jackson, 84 Survey Road, Jesup, GA.