Gibsland - Funeral services for Grover Arnold Jones, 88, of Gibsland, Louisiana (Blue Ridge) will be held Monday, December 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Arcadia, Louisiana. Brother Stephen Beard will officiate the service. Interment will follow at Gibsland Cemetery in Gibsland. The family will receive visitors Sunday, December 26, 2021, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Jones was a retired logger. He was a man of the woods and waters; many people say the best hunter and fisherman there ever was. He was proud to share his knowledge of hunting and fishing with countless people over the years.
Mr. Jones is preceded in death by his wife, Frankie Casey Jones; sister, Anne Jones Sisson; brother, Sam Jones; father, Malvin Jones and mother, Anne Lou Holstun Jones.
He is survived by his sons, Richard A. Jones and wife Sheila Thomas Jones and Malvin James Jones (Jimbo) and wife Annie Squyres Jones; special grandson, Richard Chase Jones; grandchildren, Hannah Elizabeth Jones, Madison Anne Jones and Scarlett SamMarie Jones; great grandchildren, Connor Jones, Camille Jones, and Maddox Thompson; nieces, Celia Jones and Jeanne Jones.
Pallbearers will be Glen Victor Fleming IV, Johnny Williams, Aaron Clark, Jerry Rhodes, Eddie Whitman, Chase Jones and Flake Sexton.
Honorary pallbearers will be "The Kidd Boys" David Siskron, Dennis Cottle, Kevin Cottle, Fred Shaffer, Hodge Grisby, Derek Fontenot, Bradley Chandler and Jerry Roberson.
The family wishes to extend their heartfelt thanks to Nightingale Hospice for all the care and support they provided, as well as a special thank you to his loving caretakers, Tameteria Turner (Memi), Donyata Williams, Lisa Carson, Veronica Adams, Chris Poindexter, Candice Dunn and Cole Bailey Chaplin.