Sunday, March 7, 2021

DARLENE JONES-THE LAST OF THE KIDS OF VIC AND ALBERTA JONES

 VIC AND ALBERTA JONES OF NEPHI, UTAH HAD SO MANY KIDS, ONE WOULD NEVER BELIEVE THEY WOULD ALL GET THROUGH THE VEIL, BUT SURE ENOUGH, DARLENE DID, AND IT FELT SAD AT HER FUNERAL. SHE WAS 89, AND CARRIED BOTH THE JONES AND BLACKETT BLOOD IN HER RIGHT TO THE END. SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, GOING BACK TO JUAB HIGH SCHOOL, BEING THE MOST SPIRITED CHEERLEADER OF THEM ALL, AND AT AGE 89 STOOD IN FRONT OF THE OLD GYM AND DID A PEP RALLY FOR HER FAMILY.  AS A YOUNG GIRL, SHE WALKED A HALF  BLOCK FROM THE FAMILY HOME ON 6TH NORTH AND MAIN TO VISIT COUSIN CORRINE AND THEY WERE LIFE LONG FRIENDS. DARLENE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY AND EVERY PHOTO OF HER SHOWS THAT GENIUNE SMILE SHE CARRIED TO THE END. THE BLACKETT BLOOD KICKED IN AT THE LAST WHEN SHE FELL AND BROKE HER ARM, AND THE MEDICAL FOLKS SAID SHE NEEDED TO BE IN A NURSING HOME. SHE WAS THERE FOR 6 HOURS AND SAID A FEW COMMANDING WORDS TO HER KIDS AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE WENT HOME TO PASS THROUGH THE VEIL, WHERE SHE WAS GREETED BY PARENTS, HER TWO BABIES;  SIBLINGS LENORA, MELBA, BARBARA, GEORGE, RICHARD, SHERM, GORDON, AND HUSBAND AND MANY MORE. WHEN YOU BUY A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, THINK OF DARLENE JONES ANDERSON AND MAKE SURE YOU "ENJOY THE MOMMENT". THIS HIGH CLASSED LADY WAS TAKEN FROM THE FUNERAL IN SALT LAKE IN A HIGH CLASS VEHICLE OF THE ANDERERSON FUNERAL HOME TO NEPHI.








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