St. Clair County Obits

DOROTHY FAY JONES

St. Clair County Courier
Friday, 28 March 2008
Dorothy Fay Burchett Jones - Dorothy Fay Burchett Jones was born in Cedar County, Missouri December 29, 1919 to George Emmett and Pearl May [Brock] Burchett, the ninth child of a family of thirteen. She died Monday, March 17, 2008 at Big Spring Care Center in Humansville.
On February 25, 1939 she married Stanley Virgil Wombles. To this union five children were born:  Ernest Eugene, Selma Lorene. Kenneth Ray, Virgil Dale and Forrest Allen.
Dorothy and Stanley lived most of their lives in Cedar, Hickory and St. Clair counties, farming, including dairy cattle, operating a cafe and raising their family. They enjoyed large family gatherings.  Dorothy loved to cook and delighted in seeing her loved ones enjoy the fruits of her labor. In the early 1970's they moved to Colorado where they lived for several years before returning to live in Hermitage.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, seven brothers, two sisters, her husband Stanley on Feb 2,
1988, three sons, Ernest, Nov 18, 1940, Kenny, Feb 2, 1971 and Virgil, Jan. 16, 1986 and one great-granddaughter, Jennifer Troupe.
On May 18, 1991, she and Melvin Jones of Weaubleau were married.
Dorothy was a member of the Wheatland Baptist Church.  Her faith sustained her all of her life. Dorothy was
always busy cooking, canning, making beautiful quilts and doing needlework and crafts of all kinds. She
loved to travel and had been to 49 of the 50 states.  Hawaii was the only state she didn't get to see. She
never saw a stranger and immediately made you feel at home. She was generous in all things, especially in
the love she so freely gave to her family.
She is survived by her husband, Melvin, of the home in Weaubleau, two children, Selma, of Collins and Forrest of Osceola; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; eight great great grandchildrenen; one brother, Melvin Burchett, Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Elsie Hamilton, Caplinger Mills and Edith Hamilton, Stockton; three stepchildren, Evelyn, Joe and Jim Jones and many nieces, nephews, loved ones and friends.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. at Murray Funeral Home, Humansville with Brother Hamilton officiating.
Interment was in Freeman-Holsapple Cemetery, west of Collins.