JONES, RETA A. (1923 ~ 2014). The following is an obituary for Reta A. Jones, spouse of former Texas House Member Delwin Jones. The obituary was provided by Bartley Funeral Home of Plainview.

LUBBOCK - Reta Jones, age 90, wife of former State Representative Delwin Jones of Lubbock, will be held on Monday, March 24, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at Oakwood Methodist Church in Lubbock with Rev. Jimmy Nunn officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home of Plainview.

Reta died Thursday, March 20, 2014 in Lubbock. She was born on July 16, 1923, in Martha, Oklahoma to Morris and Grace Loving Womack. Reta married Delwin Jones on October 18, 1946, in Lubbock. She moved to Olton, Texas, in 1924 and then to Lubbock in 1942.

She graduated from Draughns Business School and worked at South Plains Army Air Field during WWII. She also worked for Sears Roebuck and DeKalb Oil Co. After she married, she was a stay-at-home mother and housewife. She participated in Lubbock Christian Women's Club and other Bible Studies. She was instrumental in getting Lubbock Habitat for Humanity established by speaking at numerous civic clubs to raise awareness of the organization and the need for it in Lubbock. She was a member of Asbury Methodist Church and the Oakwood Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Delwin Jones of Lubbock; son, Lanny Tyler Jones of Long Beach, CA; daughter, Melodie Jones Snodgrass and husband, Harry of West Virginia; brother, Bill Womack of San Angelo; two grandsons and their wives; and three great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Don Womack. In Lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in her memory to Lubbock Habitat for Humanity, 2910 AVE. N. Lubbock, TX 79405