Jones, Vernon Wayne (Whitwell)

  • Monday, February 8, 2016

Vernon Wayne Jones, 68, of Whitwell, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2016. 

He was a veteran of the US Army, and had been employed by TVA. 

He was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Jones; and sister, Patricia Rector. 

Wayne is survived by his parents, Mack V. “Jonesy” and Elsie Billingsley Jones; son, Burgess Wayne Perry; brother, Lavoy Jones; sister, Dreda Pittman; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 

The family will receive friends from 2-8 p.m. CST on Monday, Feb. 8 and Tuesday, Feb. 9.

Funeral services will be conducted from the funeral home chapel at 1 p.m. CST, Wednesday, Feb. 10, with Bro. Frank Young and Bro. Wayne Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Caroline’s Chapel Cemetery.

Tate Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

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