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Dorothy Ann Mason Jones of Cushing, OK, born September 8, 1925 in Denison, TX, passed away on November 11, 2006.
She was the daughter of Albert W. and Helen Mason and grew up in Durant, OK.
Dodie, as her friends called her, attended Monticello College in Alton, Illinois and went on to the University of Oklahoma where she was an honor student and a member of Mortar Board and Delta Delta Delta sorority.
She was active in the community, having served as the president and treasurer of Hypatia Club, held many offices in PEO and was a member of DAR. Through the Hypatia Club, she was instrumental in the planning of Cushing’s Festival in the Park. From 1989 to 1993, she also served as president and board member for the House Corporation for the Theta Gamma chapter of Delta Delta Delta where she was instrumental in the remodeling of the chapter house.
Dodie served as a lay reader at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church where she was also treasurer and bookkeeper.
She was also a member of the board of directors at the First National Bank in Durant, OK.
Dodie is survived by her husband of 59 years, Robert C. Jones, a daughter Juliet Jones-Moss and her husband Robert Moss, and sons Robert C. Jones Jr., his wife Jana and their children Josh and Jessica and William C. Jones, his wife Renee and their children Shawn and Nathan.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter Ann Mason Jones.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. in the First Presbyterian Church with Father Paul Ostrander conducting services.
