Marvis Jones

When your father is the sheriff of a rural Georgia county and you live on the first floor of the jail and part of your responsibility is cooking for the prisoners, life probably could not throw many curveballs! Marvis Gladney Jones was born February 16, 1930, in Heard County, Georgia. She was the middle of six children born to the late James Ezra and Lydia Louisa Nutt Gladney. All her siblings preceded her in death. Her Gladney roots can be traced back in Heard County to the mid-19th century. It was a warm, sunny afternoon when Walter Jones spotted Marvis Gladney riding her bicycle on the court square in Franklin. Walter had just finished his stint in the Navy. His curiosity led him to follow her home (even though she lived at the jail). He casually knocked on the door and asked her if she would go out with him. She could not think of a reason to say no, so the die was cast, as they say. They were married on November 27, 1947. Walter would spend his working days at Southern Bell. Marvis found raising her boys and being mom to be a full-time job, but she squeezed some working hours in as a cashier at the old Colonial Stores. In the sixties, she and Walter settled in the Glenmar neighborhood of Newnan. She instantly assumed the honorary role as mom and grandmother to all the children in the neighborhood. Marvis, thankfully, was a truly kind and loving person. It was her nature to never speak ill of anyone. She was always the person who would patiently listen to anyone who had a concern with which they were indecisive. Her wisdom was in encouraging people to make their own decisions, in the full knowledge that they would be solely liable for their decisions should they be wrong. Speaking ill of others was not her nature. She was a willing participant in the programs of her beloved Unity Baptist Church, and she was fully involved in its activities as long as her health permitted. Relationships formed there would be maintained for the rest of her life. Marvis' legacy of love and nurturing is evident in the three sons who survive her, John W. Jones, James Ronald Jones (and his wife Pat), and Joseph Stanley Jones. She was a treasured grandmother by her eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. The life of Marvis Gladney Jones will be remembered with great admiration and affection at a service to be held on February 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM in the McKoon funeral Home Chapel to be led by her long-time pastor and friend Pastor Danny Wilson. The family will receive friends at the funeral home at 38 Jackson Street in Newnan beginning at 1:00 PM. Following the chapel service, she will be interred beside her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Online condolences may b e expressed at mckoon.com. McKoon funeral Home and Crematory 770-253-4580.

Marvis Jones

February 16, 1930 - February 5, 2025