Jones, Ben   	
  
DIANA - Services for Ben Jones, 56,of Ore City, will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 12, 
2007, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel in Diana, with the Rev. Kenneth Prince and 
the Rev. John Taylor officiating. Interment will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. 
Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Mr. Jones 
passed away November 9, 2007, in Ore City.

Mr. Jones was born November 29, 1950, in Sheridan, Wyo., to J.B. and Annie Jones. He 
was a past vice-president of the Ore Chapter of the AARP and recipient of the National 
AARP Community Service Award.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, James Jones.

Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Leah; daughters, Patricia Mantie of Mesquite, Judy 
Jones of Ore City, Cyndi Ward-Carlson of Garland, and Harlene Ward of Balsom Lake, 
Wis.; son, Thomas Ward of Hudson, Wis.; grandchildren, Shawn and Leah Ward of Mesquite, 
Mark, Ilisha and Shayna Ward of Hudson, Wis., Cori and Cody Ward of Balsom Lake, Wis., 
Carrie Waits of St. Paul, Minn., Christopher Gray of St. Paul, Minn., and Ben and 
Sami-Jo Jones of Ore City.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today, November 11, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home 
Chapel in Diana.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/11/2007.