Cora Vondella Jones

Cora Vondella Brooks was born August 31, 1933, in Roosevelt, Oklahoma, to Charley and Stella Brooks at the home of her grandmother.

She graduated high school in May of 1951 in Cooperton, Oklahoma, as salutatorian of her class and as a basketball letterman.

In April of 1956 she married Jack Donald Jones, Sr. She was a lifetime member of the Eastern Star and was a member and attended First Baptist Church Newcastle. She retired from Tinker Air Force Base in 1990 as a jet engine mechanic.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, Charley and Stella Brooks; two sisters and their husbands, Margaret and Clyde Wilkinson, and Charlene and Jack Snavely; and her husbands, Jack D. Jones Sr. and Richard ‘Dick’ Potts.

She is survived by: her son, Jack Jones and wife Cydney; daughter Kathy Harryman and husband Doug; bonus son Jack Nicholson and wife Pam; grandchildren, Jason (Lisa) Jones, Jennifer (Pedro) Zardeneta, Crystal (Ryan) Shetley, Casey Jones, James Harryman, Billy Harryman, and Forrest Harryman; great-grandchildren, Jade (Fil) Espinosa, Brookelyn (Trent) Dennis, Jaxon Jones, Kaylee Shetley, Isaiah Zardeneta, Trenton Shetley, Wyatt Harryman, Evan Harryman, Garrett Harryman, Shaun Jones, Brooke Boettler, Blaine Boettler, Judah Jones, Ava Jack, Ashton Jack, and Cody Jack; great-great-grandson Santiago Espinosa; and numerous nieces, nephews, and several other family members and friends.

Funeral Services were at 1 p.m. on Wednesday December 6 at Newcastle First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Arlington Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be sent at www. wilsonlittle.com.