July 31, 1936 ~ Jan. 2, 2022
Laura Melissa Jones Young passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022 in Springdale, Arkansas. She was born to Etta Black Jones and Charlie Jones on Friday, July 31, 1936 in Amherst, Texas. After a peaceful graveside service last week, she was laid to rest next to her husband in De Queen, Ark.
A Celebration of life service and the inspiration of her memory, will be held on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at LakePointe Church, Richland Campus, 1601 W. Buckingham Rd, Richardson, TX.
Please join the family in celebrating Laura’s life, her influence, her inspiration and love of others at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 22 at LakePointe Church-Richland Campus and, BEFORE THE SERVICE, at 12 noon, for a time of fellowship, visitation and reception in the Worship Center lobby.
A 1954 graduate of Amherst High School, Laura served as editor of the yearbook and participated in numerous other student activities. After a short stint at Wayland Baptist College, Laura moved to Dallas and graduated from Isabell’s Beauty College, becoming both a hairdresser and a teacher of Cosmetology. While at Isabell’s, Laura met a student named Lee, with whom, at first, she was generally unimpressed, but later married. Lee and Laura were married at the First Baptist Church of Amherst on May 3, 1959, a marriage lasting until Lee’s death in June of 1980. Laura was dedicated to her church and loved teaching her Sunday school class. Laura never quite ‘retired’ from working ‘behind the chair’ doing what she loved, she did ‘slow down’ as she called it, after reaching the 50-year milestone as a cosmetologist.
She is survived by her three sons, John Stacy, Jason Scott and James Stanley; daughters-in-laws, Tammy and Tracy; six grand-children: Justin Lee, Johnathan Spencer, Katelyn Noel, Lauren Elizabeth, Laura Lee and Jacob ‘Jake’ Scott; four great-grandkids, Brecken, Ava Joy, Judah and Josie; her sister, Linda Smith of Lake Livingston, Texas and her brother, Charles Jones of Lubbock, Texas.
She was in preceded in death by her sisters, Dorothy Abbott, Billie Cansler and brother, John Jones.