Mrs Karen Dianne Jones

November 22, 1954 - November 16, 2019

A visitation for Karen Dianne Jones, 64, of Carthage, Texas will be 1-3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Karen Dianne Bailey Jones was born November 22, 1954 in Carthage, Texas. She passed this life November 16, 2019 in Tyler, Texas. Karen was the younger of two daughters born to the marriage of Clifton Carl and Jeanette Brevard Bailey. She was raised in the Baptist faith and schooled in Carthage graduating with the class of 1973. Karen was a graduate of Panola College majoring in business. She spent her career in the Justice System working in the D.A. office in both Utah and Nevada. Karen married James Earl Jones of Beckville, Texas February 17, 1978. They had two sons and celebrated many years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 2015. Karen loved the outdoors, traveling, and Native American arts and crafts. She was a loving wife, and mother to her sons, as well as all their friends, and those surrounding her. She is also preceded in death by her parents Mrs. Jones is survived by her devoted sons, Joshua Jones of Longview, and Jason Jones and wife Jaci of Carthage; sister, Debra McMillan and husband William of Carthage; little one-month old grandson, Carson Jones of Carthage; numerous other relatives and a host of friends.