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Ruth Arlene Payne Jones

27 Feb 1930 – 18 Mar 2021

Birth	27 Feb 1930
Death	18 Mar 2021
Cemetery	Payne Cemetery Polk , Polk County , Missouri , USA
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224749480

Bio

Ruth Arlene (Payne) Jones was born February 27, 1930 in Polk, Missouri. She passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at the age of 91. On May 14, 1948 Ruth was united in marriage to Calvin Thomas Jones, also of Polk. Ruth was saved and baptized as a young girl at Mt. View Missionary Baptist Church in Polk, where she remained a member for the rest of her life. Ruth was the teacher at the old two-room Polk school for a year before she became a full-time farm wife to help Calvin run the farm and raise a family. She had a special love for gardening and canning vegetables, along with raising chickens for the eggs and her fried chicken. She was preceded in death by her husband Calvin, her parents Mildred and Andrew Payne, her step-father Jesse Payne, two sisters Fern McCluskey and Martha Elder, her brother Herman Payne, and two step-sisters Roa Wainscott and Ava Grannemann. She is survived by her three children, Rodney Jones and wife Julie, Robert Jones and wife Beth, and Mary Beth Jones. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Nathan Jones, Nicole Jones, Adam Jones, Calvin Jones, Ryan Vance, and Madison Vance, a sister-in-law, Judy McKinney, two step-sisters; Eva Voris and Iva Rust. Burial at Payne Cemetery in Polk.

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Parents

• Andrew Joseph Payne 1893–1948 FaG
• Mildred Mary Borgstadt Payne 1904–1995 FaG

Spouse

• Calvin Thomas Jones 1924–1997

Siblings

• Fern Elizabeth Payne McCluskey 1925–2000 FaG
• Martha Frances Payne Elder 1932–2008 FaG

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