Dyer - Evelyn Fay Clark Jones, age 85 of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Friday, January 20, 2012, at Gibson General Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Jones will be conducted on Sunday, January 22, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. Gene Rollins officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery of Dyer.
Mrs. Jones was born January 31, 1926 in Bradford; the daughter of the late Leo and Gracie Cash Shanklin. She was retired from Dyer Brown Shoe Company. Mrs. Jones was a member of the Union Methodist Church.
Mrs. Jones is survived by one sister, Wilma Wilkes Green of Trenton; one nephew, Ray Wilkes and wife Donna of Trenton; one niece, Wanda Williams and husband Bobby of Trezevant; five step-children, Robert Jones and wife Betty of Casper, Wyoming, Tommy Jones of Chicago, Jerry Jones and wife Barbara of Trenton, Timothy W. Jones and Sue Jones Doolin of Trenton; and one step grandchild, Penni Cannady and husband Steve of Trenton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Bud Clark and Tom Jones.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2012 in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Evelyn Fay Clark Jones.