Leroy Jones Jr.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Leroy Jones Jr., 60, of Cairo died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Daystar Care Center.

He was born Nov. 14, 1946, in Cairo, son of Leeroy and Lovie Jones Sr.

Jones was a graduate of Sumner High School. He had been a print press operator in East Prairie, Mo., and had worked at Burkart and Cairo police department.

He served three years in the U.S. Army, including a tour in Vietnam, and was a member of the 101st Airborne. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

Survivors include two children, Lovie Coleman and Corey Coleman of Cairo; three stepchildren, Pamela Snow of San Diego, Calif., Vernita McAlister and Thomas Coleman of Cairo; a brother, Jimmy Jones of Paducah, Ky.; and 14 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to service time Friday at Heavenly Gates Funeral Home.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery in Mound City, Ill.