Willie Kate Jones

WEST ASHEVILLE - WILLIE KATE RICE JONES, 87, OF 12 CENTRAL AVENUE WEST, DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLARENCE WALTER RICE AND BERTHA TALLANT RICE AND THE WIFE OF JAMES WESLEY JONES WHO DIED IN 1989. MRS. JONES WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SONS; FLOYD AND MARK JONES BOTH FORMERLY OF ASHEVILLE AND SISTERS; MARGIE SEALY, OPAL CROMPTON, LOUISE BRANTON AND LUCILLE SAWYER. SURVIVING ARE HER SONS; CHARLES JONES OF ASHEVILLE, JIM JONES OF CHARLOTTE, RONNIE JONES AND GERALD W. JONES BOTH OF ASHEVILLE AND LARRY JONES OF THE HOME, DAUGHTERS, BARBARA MURPHY OF ASHEVILLE AND GERALDINE AUSTIN OF THE HOME; BROTHER, BILL S. RICE OF ASHEVILLE, 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 P.M. SATURDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH CHAPLAIN GEORGE HOLLEY AND REV. BETTY DRAKE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE RESIDENCE. TO REGISTER ON-LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.