Myrion Louise Blankenship Jones
Myrion Louise Blankenship “McLemore” Jones, also known as “MA”, age 96, of Archer City, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Hospice of Wichita Falls.
Services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Aulds Funeral Home with Dan Reddick, Minister of the Archer City Church of Christ, officiating. Interment followed in the Archer City Cemetery under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home.
The family received friends from 12 p.m. until service time Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at Aulds Funeral Home.
Louise was born Dec. 24, 1925 in Seymour, to the late Clyde Blankenship and Burnice May McKinney Blankenship.
She married J.R. “Jack” McLemore, Jr. on Aug. 31, 1940 in Seymour. He preceded her in death on July 26, 1986. She then married Finis Lavoid Jones on March 20, 1993 in Archer City. He preceded her in death on March 26, 2013.
Louise was employed by Fedway and Dillard’s in Wichita Falls for over twenty years. She then became the co-owner of Country House Dress Shop until her retirement.
Louise served as room mother for her children while they were in school. She loved playing 42 every Thursday with her sisters in Holliday and looked forward to that day. She also enjoyed doing crafts and painting and dancing.
When she moved to Archer City in 1947, Louise was an active member of the Archer City Church of Christ. After her husband’s death, she moved to the Royal Estates in Wichita Falls and then to the Arbor House and she came every Sunday because she loved her church family so very much. Louise lived a lifelong Christian life. Louise was a classy lady who was always beautifully dressed.
Survivors include one daughter, Neva McLemore Curtis and husband, Wayne of Lakeside City; four sisters, Loretha Kaufhold of Iowa Park, Norma Jean Bonetti of Houston, Brenda Harrigal of Holliday and Linda Cregg of Waco; one brother, Gwinn Blankenship and wife, Martha of Heath; brother- in-law, Sam Jones of Waco; niece, Carolyn McLemore of Wilmington, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Jessie Wilson and wife, Stacy of Archer City, Jackie Wood and husband, Glen of Gainesville, Mitch Mc-Lemore and wife, Kim of Haskell, Matt McLemore and wife, Brooke of Windthorst, and Mitzi King and husband, John of Archer City; eleven great-grandchildren, Marni Wendeborn and husband, Jacob, Cody Wood and wife, Rachel, Jaylen Reid and husband, Dylan, Jordyn Shipley and husband, Brandon, Ty McLemore and wife, Victoria, Sydney Strachan, Sylas Wilson and Delaini Hannah, Sadiee Strachan, Landon McLemore, Lexsey McLemore and Lyvian McLemore; four great-great-grandchildren, Rylee Quinn Wood, Crue McLemore, Bodie Wendeborn and Dusty Shipley; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her son, Lemuel Darrell “Butch” McLemore on Sept. 7, 1992, her chosen son, David Ray McLemore on Aug. 5, 2022, and her sister, Joella Jones on Oct. 19, 2021.
Serving as pallbearers will be Cody Wood, Sylas Wilson, Dylan Reid, Jacob Wendeborn, Ty McLemore and Landon McLemore.
The family suggests memorials to Archer City Church of Christ, P.O. Box 505, Archer City, Texas 76351.
