Debra Jones Murray was born August 15, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Frank Jones and Willie C. Jones. She was the second of eight children.

A baby sister preceded her in death.

Debra was a graduate of Stroud High school, class of 1972.

She received Christ as her Savior at an early age. Debra was a member of Followers of Christ Baptist Church; but moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma shortly before her death. She attended Higher Dimensions while residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Debra was an ordained minister of the gospel. She was a woman of wisdom and was an inspiration to those who knew her. Debra was a loving mother who taught her children in the ways of God. She was a teacher at heart.

Debra leaves to cherish her memory three children, Tamara Neal, Yontia Reynolds and Michael Murray of Tulsa, Oklahoma; father, Frank Jones of Spencer, Oklahoma; mother, Willie C. Jones, Stroud, Oklahoma; aunt, Johnnie Mae Newton of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Shirley Jones and Veronica Mixon, both of Stroud, Oklahoma; April Gaines of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Michael Seaberry of Stroud, Oklahoma; Willie Jones and Laurel Gaines of Oklahoma City; special friends, Matilda Woodley, Marsha Jordan and Blanche Washington; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.