Retha Cherry Jones

Wednesday, November 6, 2002

CAMBRIDGE -- Retha Cherry Jones, 61, died Thursday (Oct. 31, 2002) at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge.

She was born Aug. 11, 1941, to James and Geneva (Wilson) Cherry in the Red River Valley north of Dekalb, Texas. She and her parents moved to Cambridge in 1953 where she attended Cambridge Public Schools until her graduation in May of 1960.

On May 29, 1960, she married Larry Jones. They made their home in Cambridge.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Geneva; two sisters, Velda Bates and Betty Martin; and one brother, Hoyt Cherry.

Survivors include her husband, Larry Jones of Cambridge; daughter, Kimberly and husband, Delaine Soucie of Cambridge; son, Kevin Jones and wife, Amy of Omaha; one brother, Harold Cherry and wife, Irene; and four grandchildren.

Services were Monday, at the United Methodist Church in Cambridge. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge.

Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge is in charge of arrangements.