09/04/18 — DONNA JEAN JONES STAFFORD

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DONNA JEAN JONES STAFFORD

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July 26, 1952-Sept. 2, 2018

Donna Jean Jones Stafford, 66, resident of Mount Olive, passed away Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018, at Vidant Medical Center.

A service of celebration for her life will be Thursday, Sept. 6, at 2 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gail Sutton presiding. Burial will follow at Wayne Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends Thursday prior to the service, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Donna Jean is survived by her husband of 47 years, Tom Stafford; two sons, Trampas William Stafford and wife, Carla, of Princeton and Travis Stafford of Mount Olive; a brother, Ronnie Jones and wife, Angie, of Pikeville; two sisters, Glenda Jones Wells and husband, Ronnie, of Rosewood and Karen “Susie” Jones Lawhorn and husband, Johnny, of Grantham; two grandchildren, Ansley and Luke Stafford; and a special aunt, Joyce Jones of Mount Olive.

Donna Jean will be forever remembered as being a great wife, mom, me ma and sister.

She loved “the girls” at Buddy’s Jewelry and her co-workers “at the bank.”

She recently retired from Southern Bank and Trust Co., where she was teller manager.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel J. “D.J.” Jones and Haddie Iris Jones; a sister, Brenda J. Jordan; a grandson, William Cole Stafford; and an uncle, James E. Jones.

A Tyndall service.

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Published in Obituaries on September 4, 2018 8:05 AM