WILLIAM (BILL) THOMAS JONES 82, PASSED AWAY AT ROSE LANE NURSING HOME, MASSILLON, OHIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014. WILLIAM WAS BORN IN OZARK, ALABAMA JANUARY 16, 1932 TO T. MATTHEWS AND ANNIE LEE RICHARDSON. HE      ATTENDED SCHOOL IN WAYNESBURG, OHIO. AT THE AGE OF 16, HE JOINED THE US ARMY, SERVING IN THE KOREAN WAR, FROM 1948-1952. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE COMBAT INFANTRY. HE RETIRED FROM REPUBLIC STEEL AFTER 30 YEARS. HE       MARRIED VERA THAMES AND TO THAT UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN, HE     LATER MARRIED ANNIE O'DEAN DINSMORE, JANUARY 15, 1955 AND TO THAT UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN. WILLIAM UNITED WITH ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH AND SERVED AS A STEWARD,     TRUSTEE, MEMBER OF THE CHANCEL CHOIR AND MALE CHORUS, HE ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB. WILLIAM WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER, ANNIE LEE CHEEK, FATHER, T. MATTHEWS, SONS, MICHAEL T. JONES AND DARYL THOMAS JONES, AND GRANDDAUGHTER, ODEAN ROSEANN MACKEY. WILLIAM LEAVES CHERISHED MEMORIES TO HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS, ANNIE O'DEAN JONES, DAUGHTERS, CYNTHIA (WILLIE) FREEMAN, FAYETTEVILLE, NC, CINDY (ROBERT) TERRELL, ERIC (LINDA) JONES, OF CANTON, OHIO, DAUGHTER IN LAW, JACKIE JONES, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC, GRANDCHILDREN, AUGUSTIA (COURTNEY) MACKEY V, OF CANTON, OH KARLYN WILSON, OF ATLANTA, GA, SHAMEKA (JOHN) BANDY, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC, SHERRELL JONES, NICHOLAS FREEMAN, OF           CHARLOTTE, NC, NATALIE FREEMAN OF GREENSBORO, NC, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,       AUGUSTIA MACKEY VI,DOMINIQUE, KENDALL AND LANDON MACKEY, OF CANTON, OH, SHANYA, JAYLAN BANDY, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC AND ANIYA BOWER , OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND, AND ISAIAH CARTER, OF GREENSBORO, NC, SPECIAL COUSIN ALMA      COLVIN OF DOTHAN, AL., AS WELL AS SPECIAL FRIEND OF THE FAMILY TONYA        CUNDIFF. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF OF ROSE LANE NURSING HOME, MIKE BURKHART AND CROSSROADS HOSPICE STAFF, CAMBRIDGE AND SPECIAL CAREGIVER PAM    HOWELL WHO TOOK SUCH GREAT CARE OF BILL AND ALWAYS SAW TO IT THAT HE WAS COMFORTABLE