McLin Moore Jones

McLin Moore Jones, 76, long-time resident of Nashville, died Friday, January 27, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospice. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Lounge of Belle Meade United Methodist Church, 212 Davidson Road in Nashville and Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. Graveside services will be Monday at 12:30 p.m. at Williamsport Cemetery with Rev. David Spencer officiating. The family suggests memorials to Williamsport Cemetery, c/o Jim Bratton, 3502 Jimmy Gray Robinson Road, Williamsport 38487 or the USS Laffey Association, c/o George Kessler, Treasurer, 9686 Boughman Road, Harrison, Ohio 45030. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Born and reared in the Williamsport Community in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late William H. Moore and Esther Stallings Moore. She was a 1953 graduate of Columbia Central High School, Martin Methodist College, and Birmingham Southern College. She was a long-time member of Belle Meade United Methodist Church. Her husband of forty-one years, Robert Frederick Jones, died June 5, 2003. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" (Douglas) Atler of Mountain View, California; son, Robert Frederick (Karen) Jones, Jr. of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Nathan Jones, Ashton Jones, Evan Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Joshua Atler, and Alex Atler; great-grandchildren, Tucker Jones and Madeline Jones; sister-in-law, Joe Anne Moore of Columbia; several nieces; and loving caregiver, Joyce Lazenby of Nashville. She was preceded in death by a brother, William H. Moore, Jr. Serving as pallbearers are Willis "Sonny" Jones, Jr., Daryl Brown, Greg Greene, Douglas Atler, Nathan Jones, Ashton Jones, Evan Jones, and Jim Moore. Honorary pallbearers include Tom Shackelford, Joshua Atler, Alex Atler, Chris Handley, and Bob McEuen.