Mable Christine (Townsend) Jones

Mrs. Mable Townsend Jones, age 79, of Nellis Townsend Road, Boone, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2024 at Glenbridge Health and Rehab.  Born June 27, 1945 in Avery County, she was a daughter of Nellis James and Lona Victoria Townsend.  Mable was a member of Holy Communion Lutheran Church.  She was employed as a cashier for a brief time at the A&P then retired after nearly 40 years at the Winn-Dixie.  Mable love her family dearly and especially loved and enjoyed all of her grand babies.  She hand crafted quilts for all of her children and stitched a special one for each grandchild.  For as long as she was physically able, each year she planted and tended the family vegetable garden. 

Mable is survived by her daughter, Teresa Ann Teague of Mountain City, Tennessee, and sons, Terry Franklin Jones and wife Teresa of Vilas, and Tony Lee Jones of Boone; her sister, Shirley Icenhour and husband, David, of Jonesville; six grandchildren, Kristy Ann West and husband John, Chasity Lynn Teague, Tracy Dawn Teague, Jamie Jones, Richard Lee Jones and wife, Tiffany, and MacKenzie Lois Jones; eight great grandchildren and two great granddaughters on the way.  Many nieces and nephews and friend, Lois Isaacs also survive.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Franklin Jones, and her sister, Barbara Townsend Greene.

Funeral services for Mable Jones will be conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 22, 2024 at 1 o’clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Chapel, officiated by Rev. David Icenhour.  The family will receive friends from noon until 1 o’clock, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes.  Those attending graveside services will meet at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens, 521 Old East King Street in Boone at 2:15 PM.

The family suggests memorials to the Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center, 336 Deerfield Road, Boone, NC  28607.

Online condolences may be shared with the family at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com

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

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