Mr. Chris Jones

May 29, 1975 - September 11, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. Chris Jones, 44, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 15, 2019 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Cocklin officiating. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Saturday night at the funeral home. Mr. Christopher Dale “Chris” Jones was born May 29, 1975 in Houston, Texas and passed this life September 11, 2019 in Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish Louisiana. He was born to the marriage of Rodger Dale Jones and Anne Knight Jones. Chris was raised in Carthage graduating with the Carthage High School Class of 1993. Mr. Jones spent his career as a professional truck driver in the energy and construction fields, working for Select Energy and Big Foot Construction. He was a longtime member of the First Christian Church, loved his family and friends, and spending as much time as possible fishing. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Melvin and Elizabeth Knight and Elsie and Casey Jones. Mr. Jones is survived by his loving parents, Dale and Anne Jones of Carthage; a daughter, Ali Ann Smith of Carthage; his Uncle, Tommy Knight, many special cousins, other relatives and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers will be, Dean Jones, Pat Jones, Kent Martin, Justin Knight, Bill Peace, and Buddy Holloway. The family requests memorials to the First Christian Church of Carthage, 208 S. Market St., Carthage, Texas 75633. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com