Leon Albert Jones Sr.

Leon Albert Jones, Sr. Age 88 of Ferguson, MO. ....AKA BUBBLE, DADDY, POP, GRANDPA AND PAWPAW.....WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KINLOCH, MO. BY HIS PARENTS, ANNIEBELLE AND VIRGIL JONES, SR. HE WAS THE 6TH OF 8 CHILDREN. FIVE OF H IS SIBLINGS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE KINLOCH PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR MANY YEARS. HE MARRIED HIS “PARTNER FOR LIFE” IRENE BERNICE GLOVER ON OCTOBER 3, 1943. THEY SPENT 71 YEARS TOGETHER LOVING GOD, EACH OTHER, THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THEIR FIVE CHILDREN BERNICE, LEON, JR., LARRY, THELMA AND REGINALD WERE BLESSED TO BE RAISED IN THAT LOVING ENVIRONMENT. ALWAYS AN EXCELLENT PROVIDER FOR HIS FAMILY, HE WORKED MULTIPLE JOBS TO ENSURE THAT HIS WIFE WOULD NEVER NEED TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME. HIS PRIMARY EMPLOYERS WERE UNIVERSAL MATCH CO. AND NATIONAL VENDORS. HE RETIRED FROM NATIONAL VENDORS IN 1989. THE JONES HOME WAS A HAVEN FOR ANYONE WHO ENTERED. EVERYONE WAS ALWAYS WARMLY AND LOVINGLY WELCOMED AND YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE THEIR HOME HUNGRY. THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING ON THE STOVE OR IN THE OVEN. HIS HOBBY WAS BAKING AND HE MADE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH!!!! APPLE PIES, COCONUT CAKE, GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE, PEACH COBBLER, BROWNIES, SOUR CREAM COOKIES, LEMON MERINGUE PIE,...YOU NAME IT....HE COULD BAKE IT!!!! AND EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLY DELICIOUS BECAUSE HE MADE IT WITH LOVE!!! HE WAS ALSO VERY HANDY.....HE COULD FIX ANYTHING...HE WAS THE ORIGINAL “BOB THE BUILDER”!!!( CAN HE FIX IT??? YES HE CAN!!!) NO TASK WAS TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL....FROM CHANGING THE BELT ON A WASHING MACHINE TO PUTTING TRAINING WHEELS ON A BIKE... HE WOULD GET THE JOB DONE!!! DAD LOVED GOD AND HIS FAMILY MORE THAN HE LOVED HIMSELF. HE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND BECAME A STUDENT OF THE BIBLE. HE READ AND STUDIED THE BIBLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY....EVERY DAY!!!. IF YOU WERE WITH HIM FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES, YOU WOULD HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS (WITH A SCRIPTURE REFERENCE). AND IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM, HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD!!! HE SPENT THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE AS A RESIDENT OF LIFE CARE CENTER OF FLORISSANT AND WAS GIVEN EXCELLENT CARE BY THE STAFF, IN A WARM AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT JUST LIKE HE HAD PROVIDED FOR HIS FAMILY ALL OF HIS LIFE. ” HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, HE FINISHED THE RACE , HE KEPT THE FAITH....”2TIM.4:6-8 HIS FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE, CHERISH EVERY MEMORY AND CARRY ON HIS LEGACY OF LOVE.......HIS LIFE PARTNER, IRENE...HIS CHILDREN....BERNICE, LEON,JR.,LARRY AND GLENDA, THELMA AND KENNEY, REGGIE AND ADREA....HIS 15 GRANDCHILDREN...LISA, DEREK,RHONDA(BILLY), THERENA (STERLING), JERRETT (BETHANN), LAUREN, TREMAYNE (JACKIE), DAWN(JOSE), DAVID(ANGIE),LEON(CHANTE), DONNELL, DENISE (HENRY), DANIELLE, MICHAEL ...HIS 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN....KEWON, MONIQUE, DARIEN, BRIA, BRANDON, ROBERT, KAYLA, TRE’, TORIN, ALYSSA, RAYANN, ANIYA, LAILA, AIDEN, MAKENZIE, KENNEDI, DONAVAN,HENRY IV, AIESHA, JACOB..ALONG WITH HIS TWO SISTERS, MARGARET AND HATTIE, AND HIS MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.

Leon Albert Jones Sr.

January 12, 1926 - November 29, 2014