Memories Always: Lakeisha N. Jones

Monday, June 22, 2009

Lakeisha N. Jones

GULFPORT -- Lakeisha N. Jones, 19, died June 10, 2009.

She attended Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church where she was a member of the Junior Usher Board and Junior Choir. She also participated in choir at Harrison Central Ninth Grade School.

Lakeisha was preceded in death by daughter Genieva Jones; paternal grandfather Henry Jones Sr.; maternal grandparents James H. Dixon and Cora Dixon.

Surviving family members include daughter Alycia "LeLe" Jones McDonald of Gulfport; father Henry Jones Jr. of Biloxi; mother Patricia Dixon Jones of Gulfport; brothers Fredrick Jones of Hattiesburg and Reginald Jones of Gulfport; sisters Freida (Anthony) Moffett and Roshunda Jones, both of Gulfport; special friend Allen Jerome McDonald of Gulfport, and many relatives and friends.

Special thanks were extended to staff at Gulfport Memorial Hospital and at Trinity Neurologic Rehabilitation Center in Slidell, La.

Funeral services were June 19 at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, and internment at Monroe Memorial Park.

Arrangements were handled by Lockett-Williams Funeral Home of Gulfport, which is available at www.lockettwilliams.com.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step Bible-based and worldwide group open to adults who have hurts, hangups, habits and addictions -- 6:15 p.m. every Thursday at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly, 11555 Cedar Lake Road in Biloxi, with free supper and meeting. For more information, call 228-826-3661; 6:30 to 7 p.m. meal and meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. at Higher Grounds Cafe at Oasis Church, 4007 N. Pascagoula St., Pascagoula. Go to www.oasisonline.tv or call 228-5639 for details; 6 p.m. at Church on the Rock, 3901 Chicot St., Pascagoula. Call 228-282-0040 for more information.
Compassionate Friends of Leakesville, 7 p.m. first Tuesday each month at Faith Presbyterian Church, 1300 Mississippi St., Leakesville, MS 39451. Anyone who has lost a child, grandchild or sibling from the surrounding counties is welcome to come to the meetings. We are a bereaved parents self-help support group. Contact Vicki Gabriel at (601) 848-7060 or email vagabriel51@gmail.com .
GriefShare, a 13-week recovery support group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one, meets at 6 p.m. each Thursday in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Pascagoula. The church is located at 2710 Pascagoula St. Contact 762-5222.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter of Compassionate Friends, 6:30 to 8 p.m. first Tuesday each month, meeting room at St. Martin Public Library, 15004 Lemoyne Blvd., Biloxi. For parents who have lost children of any age and are grieving. Details by calling Linda at 826-9171 or Julia at 273-2979 or 228-392-7576.