B. Cole

Mrs. B. Kathleen Jones Cole, 84, of New Carlisle, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, April 9, 2009.

She was born on August 26, 1924 in Hogtown, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Willie Grant Jones and Martha Susan Mabry Jones.

Mrs. Cole was known to many children as the lady who lived next to the park. She enjoyed baking cookies and giving them to those who were playing. She also loved taking baked goods to her neighbors and joking with her friends at the post office and dollar store. She was a gentle soul with a kind heart, big smile and love for all. She enjoyed her quilting and genealogy.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Finley Monroe Cole, Sr., son, Finley Monroe Cole, Jr., brothers, Lymon Beecher Jones and Hermitt Jones and sisters, Ceolia Barker and Isoline Stidam.

Survivors include son, Beecher E. "Dobie" Cole and Margaret of Dayton, Ohio, grandsons, Brad Cole and wife, Nicole of Washington, Jesse Cole of West Virginia, Jason Cole and wife, Heidi of New Carlisle, Ohio and Brian Cole and Cara of Dayton, Ohio, great-grandchildren, Jacob of California, Liam and Kathleen of Washington, Cody of West Virginia, Courtney and Jason Thomas of New Carlisle, Ohio and Amelia and Lillian of Dayton, Ohio, numerous nieces and nephews including, Vicki, Bill and Gene Coates, whom she loved dearly, plus countless dear friends.

Memorial services will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Waddell Cemetery in Elliott County. Visitation is after 11:30 A.M. Saturday, May 2nd.