CAROLYN JONES

Carolyn Jones, 60, of Texarkana, Ark., died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in a local hospital. Mrs. Jones was born April 18, 1957, in Gardena, Calif. She was assistant program director for the Department of Human Services and a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Survivors include her husband, Leroy Jones Jr. of Texarkana; three daughters, Ounga Jones-Taylor of Houston, Texas, Shomonique Johnson of Vallejo, Calif., and Lacey Johnson of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sons, Leroy Jones III of North Carolina and Justin Jones of Bakersfield, Calif.; her father, Richard Allen Gildersleeve of Los Angeles; two sisters, Geneva Williams of Texarkana and Debra Gildersleeve of Los Angeles; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery under direction of Haynes Mortuary. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the funeral home. Online registration is at haynesmortuary.com.