MARION — Robert Bobby Thomas Jones, 67, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at Carolinas Hospital System after an illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Marion Baptist Church. Entombment, with full Masonic Rites, will follow at Mt. Hope Mausoleum in Florence, directed by Richardson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 9, from 6:00-8:00 pm at the funeral home. Mr. Jones was born in Florence, a son of the late Robert Bob Newton Jones and Irma Lee Goodman Jones. He was a retired Machine Department Operator for Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, where he worked for 41 years. Mr. Jones belonged to several organizations: member of Marion Baptist Church, Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair for 51 years, 33 years as Manager, Smurfit-Stone, Amity Mason Lodge, Pee DeeShrine Club, where he served as 2nd VP for 4 years and was the current President. Surviving are his wife, Anna Moody Jones of the home; daughters, Patressa J. Gardener and her husband, Phillip, of Darlington, Leslie Jones Halchak of Chapin, SC, Rita Hayes Graham and her husband, Neil, of Thomas River, NJ; brothers, Allen E. Jones and his wife, Deana of Florence, and Richard Rick H. Jones and his wife, Frankie, of Florence; and 4 grandchildren, Major and Annabelle Jones and Henry and Hazel Goodman. Memorials will be made to the Shriners Hospital Burn Center, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)