Beatrice M. Jones

Beatrice M. Jones, age 83, of Grants Pass, passed away, Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center surrounded by family members.

A celebration of life and luncheon will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Grants Pass Golf Club. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the March of Dimes.

Bea was born November 7, 1930, in Weiser, Idaho to Carryl H. Wines & Marian C. (Adams) Wines. They lived in Council, Idaho until 1944 when they moved to Ashland, Oregon. Bea graduated from Ashland High School in 1948. On April 1, 1949 in Reno, Nevada she married Gale A. Jones and in 1950 they moved to Grants Pass. From 1978 to 1988 she worked at Grants Pass High School in the athletic department as a secretary.

Bea was a homemaker and loved to cook and sew.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Gale Jones; her children, Brian A. Jones of Canyonville, Oregon, Kimberly McKinley of Edmond, Oklahoma and Carol Jones of Mascoutah, Illinois; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a brother, Marvin Wines of Eugene, Oregon.

She was preceded in death by a son, a grandson and a brother.