Mildred Inez Harris Jones, 84, died July 3, 2005 at Morningside Assisted Living in Laurel, Maryland. She was the wife of the late Malcolm Rucker Jones.
Mildred was born July 30, 1920 in Appomattox, a daughter of the late Elsie Baber Harris and John Daniel Harris, Sr.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, David M. and Deborah Jones of Laurel, Maryland; two sisters, May Elizabeth Stroven of Freemont, Michigan and Shirley Elsie O'Brien of Appomattox; two brothers, John Daniel Harris, Jr. of Suffolk and Raymond Lyle Harris of VA Beach; two grandchildren, Davie Lee Jones of Laurel, MD and Jennifer Lynn Hadry, a great-grandchild Garrett Thomas Hadry both of Jessup, Maryland and a longtime friend, John R. Spencer of Laurel, Maryland.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Edith Virginia Almond, Margaret Jones, Lula Mae Carter and Louellah Blacziak; two brothers Lawrence Arlan Harris and Lewis Walter Harris.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, July 9, 2005 at New Hope Baptist Church by the Rev. George Kreidel with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
A visitation will be held Friday, July 8, 2004 3:00 – 5:00 pm and 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Robinson Funeral Home.