Alvin Jones

Published 11:46 am Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Alvin Jones died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at his home. He was 64.

Mr. Jones was a veteran of the Vietnam War and retired from Yazoo Valley Electric Company. He was a member of China Grove M.B. Church in Oak Ridge.

He was past commander of Chapter No. 680 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Tyner Ford Post No. 213, American Legion.

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He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Regan Sr. and Margaret Jones Spicer; his stepmother, Julia M. Warren Regan; a sister, Shirley Spicer; his paternal grandparents, George Regan and Elnora Christian Wesley Moore; his maternal grandparents, Jake Jones and Beldora Williams Jones; and a granddaughter, Olivia Faith Jones.

Survivors include his wife, Agazine Jones; a son, Alvin DeAndre’ Jones of Vicksburg; a daughter, Avina L. Johnson of Vicksburg; seven brothers, Joseph Spicer and Lloyd Spicer, both of Georgia, Irvin L. Regan of Champaign, Ill., and Leonard Jones, George L. Regan, Ernest Regan Jr. and Ronald C. Regan, all of Vicksburg; and three sisters, Beltha Spicer and Beverly R. Jenkins, both of Vicksburg, and Dr. Barbara J. Regan of Birmingham, Ala.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.