Frances Sue Jones was born November 9, 1944, to Reginald and Mamie Young of Lisbon, LA as the fifth of six siblings.  She passed from this world into the presence of Christ on February 14, 2025. Sue was raised in a close and loving family that loved each other and the Lord. Sue believed in and confessed Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord at a young age.  At Rocky Springs Baptist Church she played piano, taught Sunday School, and found a faith that defined her life.  Sue was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of seven.  While this affected her life, it was her determination to beat the odds and live a full life honoring Christ that defined her.  She turned this diagnosis into a way to help others, mentoring juvenile diabetics and teaching them to manage this disease. Sue graduated as Salutatorian from Lisbon High in 1962.

Sue graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a degree in Home Economics with a minor in English and earned a Master’s plus 30 in English.  Sue was a 4-H agent in Bienville Parish and then began her career in education at Linear Middle School in Shreveport, LA. Sue taught at Glenview Junior High and then Ruston Junior High School for 26 years.  She helped start the Gifted and Talented program, started the Reading Enrichment program, and wrote the grant for the first computer lab.  Her favorite student was the one that could not read but wanted to.  She firmly believed if a person learned to read, they were free to learn for themselves.  Seeing a student gain that freedom was, for her, great joy.

Richard and Sue Jones married on April 8, 1966.  God blessed them with a beautiful life together for almost 59 years that has been an example to all their children and others. Sue was an excellent cook, incredible mother, and life-changing wife.  She and Richard have three children: Denise Matthews, and husband Keith of Ruston, LA, Rachel Jones of Aledo, TX, and Kirk Jones and wife Wendy of Prairieville, LA.  Her greatest legacy in life is her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. They all “stand at the gate and honor her” for she was indeed “far more precious than jewels.”  Richard and she have 9 grandchildren – Tori Hinds and husband David, Caroline Monroe and husband Landry, Jeferson Matthews, Stephen Canady, Ashley Canady, Faith Canady, Daniel Jones and wife Cassidy, Melanie Jones, and Kara Jones.  They have also been blessed with one great grandchild Emma Hinds and have another due this year.  Sue’s five brothers and sisters were important and precious in her life.  She also had a great love for her 22 nieces and nephews and was very proud of who they have become and the families they are now raising.

The Jones family has been an active part of Cook Baptist Church since 1975.   Sue taught Sunday School, went on weekly evangelism visits, taught children’s discipleship, started and led a youth clown ministry, mentored and discipled young wives through Apples of Gold, mentored young ladies through Apple Seeds, and went on many mission trips – she especially loved serving on the Navajo Reservation. She was deeply proud that Cook helped start Kirk and Wendy’s church, Fellowship Church in Prairieville, LA in 2001.  Seeing what God has done in the many lives changed through this work is one of her great joys in Christ.

She is survived by her husband, children, and grandchildren listed above, her brother Steve, sister-in-law Ursula Young, sister-in-law Debra Young, brother-in-law Jimmy Jones and wife Esther, sister-in-law Penny Guynes, and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.  She is preceded in death by her mother and father, sister Gerry Aycock, brother Bud Young, sister-in-law Mary Lynne Young, brother Allen Young and wife Anita, brother Dr. Sidney Young, brother-in-law Buck Guynes, nephew LDWF Agent Kenneth Aycock, and three great grandchildren lost before birth.

Visitation will be Saturday, February 15 from 5-7 PM at Cook Baptist Church in Ruston, LA.  Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, February 16 at Cook with visitation before the service beginning at 1:00 PM.  Officiating will be Rev. Kirk Jones and Dr. Joseph Fowler.

The Pallbearers are Stephen Canady, Daniel Jones, Jeferson Matthews, David Hinds, Landry Monroe, and Baron Cosey.

In lieu of flowers consider making a donation to Fellowship Church for South Africa Missions or to Cook Baptist Church for Casa Aleluya – the wonderful orphanage God used to bless her family with her grandson Jeferson.

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