McDonald County Press

Elsie Claudette Jones

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May 9, 1948 Sept. 18, 2017

Elsie Claudette Jones, 69, of Neosho, Mo., died on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer.

She entered this life on

May 9, 1948, in Reeds

Spring, Mo., the daughter of Jesse and

Elsie Horne

Miller.

Her formative years were spent in Galena, Kan. In 1972, she moved her family to Neosho, Mo., and throughout her life was a devoted homemaker to her family. She enjoyed puzzles, reading and was a huge Elvis fan.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jesse McConn; two brothers, Melvin and Lewis Miller; and a grandson, Tyler McConn.

She is survived by her three sons, Christophe­r McConn and wife, Chris, Ronald Jones, Bobby Davenport and wife, Miranda, all of Neosho; two brothers, Mike Miller of Gravette, Ark., and Paul Shaw of China; four sisters, Karen Ruddick of Centerton, Ark., Doris Lawson and Sherri Smith of Joplin, Mo., and Tranda Shaw of Jacksonvil­le, Fla.; 11 grandchild­ren; one great-grandson; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other family and friends.

Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Sept. 21, 2017, at the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes, with Brother Rocky Tash officiatin­g. Burial will follow in the Cummings Cemetery in Tiff City, Mo. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearer­s are Christophe­r McConn, Ronald Jones, Bobby Davenport, James Spencer, Mike Miller and D.J. Woodcock. The family received friends on Wednesday evening in the funeral home chapel.

Online condolence­s may be sent to the family at www. ozarkfuner­alhome.com.

Arrangemen­ts made by the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo.

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