Mr. Eurtis Leo Jones Sr.

December 19, 1941 - January 11, 2017

Mr. Eurtis Leo Jones Sr. passed away at Rose Arbor Hospice on January 11, 2017 after a long valiant battle with illness. Eurtis was born on December 19, 1941 in Okolona, MS to Andrew Jones Jr. and Mimmie B. Jones. Eurtis attended Plantersville High School in Plantersville, MS. Eurtis attended Black Oak Missionary Baptist Church in Okolona, MS where he accepted Christ at an early age. He later became a member of Galilee Baptist Church. Eurtis moved to Kalamazoo, MI in 1957 and began working at Cooper's Foundery for several years. Then, later he began working at James River Paper Mill (formerly Brown Company Paper Mill) for 20 years. Eurtis built, owned and operated his own car repair shop. He also sold sweet potatoes, pecans, peanuts, and watermelons to the community. He was a man that was a true gifted mechanic and entrepreneur. Eurtis married Flora Moore on July 20, 1968. Eurtis was hard working, independent, kind, gentle and loving husband and father who loved to spoil and cherished his family deeply. Eurtis loved to travel, race, work on cars. He loved his 1994 Sierra GMC Diesel Truck. He always said, "It can go to Mississippi on one tank of gas". He was a caring man who was known to help others in need. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. A Heart of Gold. Eurtis preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Jones Jr. and Mimmie B. Jones; his sisters, Thelma Jones, Maggie Rhoden and Ora Lee Syms; his brothers, John A. Jones, Jimmie Lee Jones Sr. and Muriel Jones; his daughter, Cynethia Jones and his son, Douglas Streeter. He leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Flora; his daughters, Ravonda (Reggie) Jones-Small; Cea (Charles) Green; his sons, Leonard Wilson; Eurtis L. Jones Jr.; Eric (Shumella) Jones; Aaron (Danielle) Jones; his sisters, Hettie Doss, Ivera Gaston, Loistine Barbour, Lessie Reed, Christine (Nathaniel) McDonald and Lois (George) Anderson and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Also, special friends, Mr. Fred Jackson, Allner McClinton, Ernie Lyles and Nate Price.