Services for Johnnie Mae Jones Whiteside of Caldwell, were held on February 18, 2017 at Westside Church of Christ in Mexia. Services were entrusted to Pearly Gates Funeral Home of Mexia.
On Dec. 14, 1948, Johnnie Mae was the second child born to Tracy and Johnnie Lee Jones. She attended school in Limestone County and was a 1968 graduate of Washington High School. She accepted the Lord at an early age. She was a member of Holy Temple of Jesus Christ No. 8 in Caldwell where she worked faithfully on auxiliary programs. She married Joe Whiteside in 1971 and they later moved to West Texas where they lived most of their life. She was a devoted wife for 32 years until his death and worked as her husband’s secretary and was a housewife. Together they raised eight children.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Tracy and Johnnie Jones; two sons, James and Anthony Whiteside, father and mother-in-law, Jim and Zella Whiteside; brother, R L Jones and Ray Jones; step-sister, Mauldie Williams; sister-in-law, Althia Jones.
Left to cherish her memories are: children: Joe Lynn Whiteside, Jeff Whiteside (Carolyn) of Amarillo, Chris Whiteside of Kansas, Terry Kirven of Caldwell, Jacqueline Griffin (Leonard), Lisa Johnson (Richard) of Dallas; siblings: T J Jones of Ft. Worth, Horace Jones of Lacy Lake View, J L Jones (Marie) of Clovis, N.M., Bertha Walker ( I W) of Borger, S J Jones (Patricia) of Chattanooga, Tenn., Francies Levels (Waylen) of Mexia, Ricky Jones (Regina) of Mansfield, Shirley Marie Jones and Freddie White (Robert) of Groesbeck, Lisa Jones (Andre’) of Paris; uncles: Gifford Thomas, Richard Thomas of Lubbock, David Jones of Omaha, Neb., Napolean “Robert” Jones of Mart; aunts: Rosie Williams of Dallas, Frankie Milus and Evelyn Thomas of Groesbeck and Ellise Harrison of Omaha, Neb.; 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Also a Special Thanks to Clifford Hodrick.