Services for Ralph Donald Jones, of Meadville, are 10 a.m.Wednesday, May 24, at Siloam Baptist Church in Meadville withburial in the church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home is in chargeof arrangements.

Visitation is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home, and onWednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at thechurch.

Mr. Jones, 58, died May 22, 2006, at his residence. He was bornon June 9, 1947, to Ralph S. Jones and Imogene Steele Jones.

He was a retired sergeant with the Department of Corrections forthe State of Louisiana. He was a member of Siloam Baptist Church.He was an Army veteran and served in the Vietnam War.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors are his mother, Imogene Steele Jones, of Meadville;his wife, Nadine Freeman Jones, of Meadville; his daughters,Melissa Jones Bullion and Sherry Jones Thibadoux, both ofMeadville; his brothers, Mark Jones, of Houston, Texas, and ChrisJones, of Dallas, Texas; his sisters, Kay Hudson, of Meadville, andBeverly Scott, of McComb; and his three grandchildren.