Betty Pope

Jones

Betty Jane Pope Jones, 85, of Barwick, GA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 23, 2025, after a brief illness. Betty was born on December 9th, 1939, to Ronald and Bessie Pope in Barwick, GA. Betty always had a green thumb and loved to be outside taking care of her yard and vegetable garden. She also taught Sunday school for many years and attended Victory Baptist Church and was a devoted Christian. Some of her favorite things were walking on the beach, eating ice cream and snow cones. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She was survived by her children; Cynthia Lynn Jones Sheperd (Morgan), Walter Thomas Jones, Jr. (Becky), and Darin Dwayne Jones, grandchildren, Stacey Amanda Merritt, Thomas Saber Jones, Vanessa Barrs, Olivia Faith Puckett, and Dyllan Puckett, great-grandchildren, Abigail Grace Merritt, and Ella Rae Jones, and nieces & nephews, Jennifer Searcy, Sharon Smith, Rick Gulledge, Cameron Gulledge, Mike Gulledge, and Scott Gulledge.

She was preceded in death by; her husband, Walter Thomas Jones, Sr., parents, Ronald Culbreth Pope, Sr. and Bessie Turlington Pope, siblings, Peggy Ann Pope Gulledge, Jack Waynewright Pope, and Ronald Culbreth Pope, Jr..

Funeral Services will be held at Victory Baptist Church on Thursday – February 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm with Pastor Gary Holland and Pastor Keith Smith officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm in the church chapel. She will be laid to rest at Rosewood Cemetery in Barwick. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Victory Baptist Church Youth Ministry.