Etta B Jones

Etta B. Jones, 82, died 22nd March 2016 at Mount Carmel East Hospital. Her Celebration of Life services will be held on Monday, March 28, 2016 at 12 noon. Family will receive guests from 11 am until time of service at St. Philips Episcopal Church, at 166 Woodland Ave. Columbus, OH, 43203. Etta has been a member at St. Philips since 1976. She was on the Alter Board and is a Daughter of the King. Etta studied at Wilberforce and Urbana University and she was a member of the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated at Wilberforce University. She moved to Columbus from Urbana Ohio to work with the State of Ohio as a Social Worker where she retired after 27 years of service. Etta went back to school and trained as a Patient Care Aid for shut in clients and at local hospitals. Etta used her talents in the community by volunteer reading to the vision impaired for 20 years with Central Ohio Reading Service and serving on the AARP local board. Mrs. Jones is survived by three children, Kimberly Jones, Patrick Jones (Patrick Gallaway), and Leslie Gant (John Gant); four grandchildren, Whitney Jones, Cameron Jones, Gabriela Gant, and Isabella Gant, plus Kennedy Elise Qualls, a great-granddaughter; and cousin, Charlene Briley.