Elberta Jones, age 81, of Picayune, Mississippi passed away Friday, October 7, 2016.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 12:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will be at Austin Cemetery in Pearl River, Louisiana under the direction of Picayune Funeral Home.
Mrs. Jones was a resident of Picayune for 54 years, and a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Andrea Lynn Jones of Carriere, and Carol Sue Jones Rankin and her Husband Harry S. Rankin of Mendenhall; one brother, Eddie Sticker of Pearl River; 8 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents Alphonse and Lucy Sticker; husband, John Denver Jones; one son, Ronald E. Jones; one brother, Claiborne "Pee Wee" Sticker.