Herbert W. Jones, Sr.
Herbert W. Jones, Sr., 89, widower of the late Ann Jewett Nichols Jones, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at the Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, KY.
He was born in Cynthiana, KY, to the late John Edward and Mary Lee Stone Jones. He was a longtime and very respected horse trainer. He also loved to hunt and fish and was a member of the Veaches Chapel CME Church, Paris, KY.
He is survived by eleven children, Randy Speakes, Gwendolyn (LeRoy) Smith, Herbert Jones, Jr., Ruth (Ronnie) Mack, Don (Melissa) Jones, Tyrone Jones, Phillip Jones, Virginia (Jerome) Jones, Judy Jones, Sandra (Reggie) Carlton and Angela Young; two sisters, Nellie Brown and Ruth Collins; host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his wife and parents, he was also preceded in death by two daughters, Izella Jones and Deborah Jones; three brothers, Clarence, Paul and Silas Jones and two sisters, Roberta Stout and Lena Mills.
Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 22, 2021, at the Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home, 1120 Main St., Paris, KY by Rev. Archie Johnson. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memory Gardens, Paris, KY.
Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m., until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home, 1120 Main Street., Paris, KY 40361.
Thank you for always letting me know that I was loved. I cherished all of our conversations and I am devastated to find out over the internet. I love you so much granddad. I’m so sorry I couldn’t see you again before the Lord called you home.