Tony Ray Jones Obituary

We are sad to announce that on July 31, 2023, at the age of 78, Tony Ray Jones of Raeford, North Carolina passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

He is survived by: his son Bruce Maness; his brothers, Leevert and Belton Jones; his wife Merita Faye Jones; his children, Andrea Lowry (Lyavans), Christopher Jones (Jenn), Barry Jones (Selena), Kelly Jones (Sarah), Desmond Jones, Christine Jacobs (Jimmy), Johnny Oxendine, Ricky Locklear (April), Chasity Maynor (Dewayne), Tangelina Oxendine (Phillip) and Angelina Hite (Kevin); his siblings, Samuel Barton (Ruth), Paul Jones (Betty), Leland Sanderson (Annie), Roscoe Jones, Georgia Seals, Josephine Tyler and Sylvia Blanks (TJ); and his sister-in-law Maxine (Ronnie Jones). He is also survived by 37 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.