Georgia S. Jones

Ms. Georgia Jones, age 84, of Boone, died Wednesday morning, April 15, 2026, at Watauga Medical Center.  Born June 16, 1941, she was the daughter of the late George and Elfa Greene Smitherman.  She was a retired Teacher’s Assistant and thoroughly enjoyed the 21 years she worked with first and second graders at Hardin Park Elementary School.  Prior to that she worked alongside her husband, Bobby, at Nic-Mac Market of which they were a co-owner.  Georgia was an active member of the Boone Advent Christian Church and loved to call friends each day and to take the opportunity to witness to everyone she met.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 43 years, Bobby Ray Jones, Sr.; sisters, Cornelia Miller and Erie Winkler, sisters-in-law; Mabel Brown, Iva Lee Hayes, Stella Jones, Joann Moretz, and Brenda Gragg, and brothers-in-law; an infant, and Clyde, Lester, Chester, and Kenneth Jones.  Surviving are two daughters; Anita Fogle and husband Shawn, of Lenoir, and Kyra Jones, and fiancé Ricky Sheets, of North Wilkesboro, one son, Bobby Jones, Jr., and wife Meredith of Boone, six grandchildren; Derek Calhoun and wife Katie, Brandon Calhoun and wife, Anna, all of Fleetwood, Cameron Fogle and Brock, Bowen, and Baylon Jones, all of Boone; and two great-grandsons, Grayson and Colson Calhoun of Fleetwood and sister-in-law Marie Jones of Boone along with many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Ms. Georgia Jones will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Boone Advent Christian Church. Officiating will be Rev. Rick Page and Tom Redmond. Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens. The family requests no flowers and, in lieu of, memorials may be may made to the Boone Advent Christian Church Youth Group and/or the Women’s Home & Foreign Mission Society in care of BACC, PO Box 2515, Boone, North Carolina 28607.  The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon prior to the service from 1:00 until 2:00 o’clock at Boone Advent Christian Church.

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Jones family.

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