This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JONES, PHILLEY, TODD, PHILLIPS, NEWINGTON, STIEHM Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1707 Message Board Post: JONES, Floyd Hickory Corners On November 28, 2005, Floyd Jones went to meet his maker after a short illness. He was born May 4, 1925, in Hickory Corners, the son of Victor and Luella Jones. On May 30, 1946, he married Betty Philley, who survives. Floyd graduated from Kellogg Agriculture High School in 1943, and started his career as a dairy farmer. In 1970, he was outstanding young farmer in Barry County. He also drove school bus. Floyd and Betty had eight children, John (Suzette) Jones, Dan (Kim) Jones, Faith (Mike) Todd, Tim Jones, all of Hickory Corners, Steve (Susan) Jones of Battle Creek, and Paul (Sharon) Jones of Ada; sisters, Eva Phillips, Vera Newington of Florida, Lois Stiehm of Missouri; and a brother, Roland of Hickory Corners; twenty-five grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. His sons James and David preceded him in death. Services will be held at the Hickory Corners Wesleyan Church Thursday, December 1, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., Pastor Len Davis officiating. ! In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Hickory Corners Wesleyan Church will be appreciated. WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 11/30/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)