Helen Faye Jones – 80
Of Valdosta, Georgia passed away on January 11, 2024 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia. She was born in Bridgeport, Alabama to Wilbur Carl and Paralee (Morgan) Elkins. You would find her at the cash register at Blanton’s Butcher Shop. A hobby she enjoyed was carpentry work where she built her own cabinets and trimmed in her home. Helen loved to get together with her family and friends to sing Gospel music. She also loved cooking dinners for her family, and she always put others before herself. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Joy Smith, Elizabeth Siria, Ruth Ann Walker and by sons-in-law, James “Doodle” Rowan, Jerry Dorch and Jerry Osborne.
Her survivors include Daughters and Sons-in-Law, Kathy Dyer (Ken) of Sylvester, Georgia, Peggy Sue Dorch of Stockton, Georgia, Donna Knowles (Chris) of Columbus, Georgia; seventeen grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM in the Valdosta Chapel of Music Funeral Services with burial to follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends and family on Thursday, January 18, 2024 one hour prior. Kind words and expressions of sympathy can be left for the family at
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. The family is being served by the professional and caring staff of Music Funeral Services of Valdosta.