01/23/2026
With profound reverence and heartfelt sorrow, Mr. J. Morrill Gray and the devoted staff of Paradise Funeral Home humbly announce the homegoing of our beloved Mr. Donald R. Jones, Sr.
Though the shadow of death has passed over, we stand firm in the eternal promise that death does not have the final word. For the Word declares, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). Mr. Jones has not been lost to us but has been received into the everlasting arms of our Lord, where there is no more pain, no more sorrow, and no more tears.
While our hearts grieve his physical departure, our spirits rejoice in the blessed assurance that he now rests in the presence of the Almighty. Love endures beyond the veil of mortality, and Mr. Jones' spirit lives on—radiant and free—having exchanged his earthly tent for a heavenly dwelling.
ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪxᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴘɪᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴄʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀʀᴇᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜɴᴇʀᴀʟ ꜱᴇʀᴠɪᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ Donald R.Jones, Sr., ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ꜱᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏw, ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʟᴇᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴀʙᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀꜰᴇᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴀꜱ ᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴘʀɪᴏʀɪᴛʏ.
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