Collene Jones, a resident of Yukon, died Feb. 4, 2016 in Yukon at the age of 78. She was born Aug. 21, 1937 in Lena, Okla., to John and Allie Morrison. In 1952, she moved to Dustin where she met the love of her life, James D. Jones.
Collene and her family lived in various locations as part of their career in the military. After retirement from the military, Collene and her family moved back to Okmulgee where she worked at the Okmulgee Daycare for years. Thereafter she worked for the Muscogee Creek Nation as a Community Health Representive. Collene and James moved to Dustin where
they became members of the Dustin Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband James; daughter Vicki and son in law Bobby Beals, Watonga, daughter Robin and son in law Robert Phillips, Bartlesville; grandsons: Dr. Bryan Beals and wife, Dr. Jenny Beals, and their children, Brooklyn, Emily, and Alexis, Lawton, Robbie Crosier and wife, Mallory Crosier, and their daughter, Cora, Edmond, and Charles Beals and his fiancĂ© Elizabeth Baldwin, Kansas City, MO;  sisters, Estaline McGuire, Eufaula, and Charlene Thompson, Schulter and their families.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her honor to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
Graveside services will be held at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Weleetka February 8, 2016 at 2 p.m. under the direction of the Rogers Funeral Home.