Rosetta Tipsword Jones Obituary (1911 - 2011)

Rosetta Tipsword Jones, 99, of Pana, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 in St. John's Hospice, Springfield. She was born October 12, 1911 in South Litchfield Township, Montgomery County, the daughter of Richard N. Ida May Jarvis Suits. Rosetta was a graduate of Litchfield High School, and lived most of her adult life in Pana, except for a time in Champaign. She helped her husband with the family business, Tipsword Sawmill, in Pana and was a homemaker. She was a member of First General Baptist Church, Pana and had received a certificate from Pana Senior Citizens for being a member the longest. Rosetta married Don Byrlon Tipsword, and he died May 8, 1985. She then married George C. Jones, and he died April 28, 1999. She is survived by her children: Audra Mae Black husband Bob, Decatur, IL; Rosie Eileen McCoy, Pesotum, IL; Betty Jo Hunt husband Bob, Walshville, IL; Alberta Knell husband Steve, Champaign, IL; Robert Lloyd Tipsword wife Gloria, Gibson City, IL; and Reba Bachert husband Roger, Tolono, IL; 14 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; 9 step children; 13 step grandchildren; 7 step great grandchildren; 2 step great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; son, Donald Clyde Tipsword on March 30, 1944; 2 grandchildren; 5 brothers; 1 sister; 1 step grandchild. Funeral Information Funeral services will be held Monday, January 24, 2011 in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Lawrence Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pana. Friends may call on Monday from 1:00 p.m. until service time in the funeral home.