Amarillo Globe News Amarillo, Texas 06-24-02 > Reba Rhea Jones, 70, of Amarillo died Thursday, June 20, 2002. > > Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Dreamland Cemetery in > Canyon. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Westminster > Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jeff Conway, pastor, and Rev. Marty > Loberg, associate pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers > Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle. > > Mrs. Jones was born in Pampa in 1931, to John and Eula Killian. She > graduated from Pampa High School as salutatorian and attended Texas A&I > University before transferring to West Texas State University. She graduated > with a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1953. > > She worked as a chemist at Cabot Corp. before pursuing graduate work > in physical chemistry at Washington State University. She married W. > Mitchell Jones Jr. in 1954. > > They moved to Amarillo in 1969. She was ways and means chairman of > Amarillo Symphony Guild for two years and served a three-year term on the > Campfire Board. She was active in Planned Parenthood Circle of Friends. > > She became a charter member of the docents at Amarillo Museum of Art > in 1971. She served as a trustee of the museum and later became head of the > installation committee. > > She was active in Panhandle Archaeology Society, serving as president > of the local society. She was appointed to the board of directors of Texas > Archaeological Society in 1989, serving until 1996. > > In 1983, she graduated with a master's degree from University of > Oklahoma Liberal Studies Program. During her graduate studies, she authored > the Amarillo Art Center's "Handbook for Art Handlers" in 1981. The > publication was revised in 1987. > > She served an internship and worked at the conservation center at > Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon. She became registrar of > Amarillo Museum of Art in 1985. She served as interim director of the museum > for a year in 1990. She was collection manager for the museum until January > 2002. > > In 1991, she was given the Distinguished Service Award as woman of the > year in the arts by Amarillo Women's Forum. > > She served on Opportunity School Board, West Texas A&M Alumni > Association Board and WT Foundation Board. She was a member of Westminster > Presbyterian Church. She was an active member of Amarillo PEO, Chapter B. > > She was a member of American Association of Museums, served on the > registrar's committee of Texas Association of Museums and the Collection > Manager's Committee of the Mountain Plains Museum Association. > > She was a member of National Association of Museum Exhibitors, the > Southwest Association of Conservators and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce > Art in Public Places Committee. She served several years as a grant reviewer > for National Institute of Museum Services. > > Survivors include her husband; three sons, David Jones and Sam Jones, > both of Amarillo, and Adam Jones of Austin; a daughter, Molly Brumbeloe of > Lumberton; two sisters, Bobbie Silcott of Lubbock and Tessie Burba of > Wellington; a brother, Jim Killian of Kilgore; and six grandchildren. > > The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Museum of Art; or a > favorite charity. > > Amarillo > > >