Beulah Bertha Pannell

Beulah Bertha Jones (Pannell) went home to be with the Lord on November 11,2017. She was born November 8, 1921 at Lee Creek, Arkansas to Thomas L & Martha Ann (Bond) Pannell. Beulah married her first husband Leonard “Buck” Jones and moved to Susanville California where her son Johnie Lee Jones was born. John’s father died in a logging accident when Johnie was just four months of age. They returned to Beulah’s home in Arkansas where she owned a garage and store in Summers Arkansas. Beulah met the love of her life, James William Jones, at church and were married on December 21, 1951. They were charter members of Missionary Baptist Church of Summers Arkansas. James and Beulah moved from Arkansas to Washington, then to Phoenix Arizona, and finally to California where Beulah and James raised their two daughters while Johnie Lee was serving in the Marines.

Beulah and James “Jim” Jones were married for fifty-nine years when he went home to see the Lord on November 8, 2011. Beulah was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

She is survived by:

Her two brothers Liem Pannell and Norman Pannell.

One sister Nita Brann.

Her two daughters, Beverly Kay Jones de Powell and Cynthia Gayle Neal.

Three granddaughters- Traci Lyn Jones, Christina Elizabeth Powell and Melissa Nadyne McDonnell Chitwood.

Two Great Granddaughters: Irelynn Faith & Mackenzie Grace McDonnell Chitwood

Preceded in Death by:

Her parents Thomas L. Pannell and Martha Ann Pannell “Bond”

Her husband James William Jones.

Her son Johnie Lee Jones

Her brother Roy Marion Pannell Sr.

Her grandson William Odell Montjar, Jr.