Thelma Juanita (Strickland) Jones

Thelma Juanita (Strickland) Jones, 98, of Springtown, Texas, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, in Springtown. Graveside services will take place at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Hillcrest Garden of Memory in Hillsboro, Texas, with Reverend Paul Clark of Walnut Street Missionary Baptist Church, Hillsboro, officiating. Thelma will lie in state from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro, Texas.

Thelma was born September 27, 1923, in Axtell, Texas, to James Melton (Jim) and Maggie (Thrasher) Strickland, and attended schools in Axtell and Gerald, Texas. She was united in marriage to Maron F. (Blackie) Jones on December 24, 1943, in Hillsboro, Texas and they enjoyed forty-seven years of marriage until Blackie’s death. Thelma worked for Malouf Manufacturing Company in Hillsboro as a seamstress for twenty-five years. She also worked at Grandy’s in Hillsboro as a “granny greeter” for several years. After living most of her life in Hillsboro, she moved to Springtown in 2010 wher she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Springtown. Thelma enjoyed working in her flower garden, watching the Dallas Cowboys, and baking pies for her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son-in-law, Hugh Mathis; her sister, Inez Breitkreutz and husband, Henry; her brothers, Cecil Strickland, Clifton (Bud) Strickland, Odis Strickland and wife Loraine, Bobby Joe Strickland, Jimmy Strickland, and Vernon Strickland; and her sister-in-law, Sandra Strickland. Thelma is survived by her daughter, Gloria Mathis of Springtown, Texas; her brothers Leo Strickland of Arlington, Texas, and Will D. Strickland and his wife Kathryn of Hillsboro, Texas; sisters-in-law, Kitty Strickland of Hillsboro, Barbara Strickland of Arlington, Texas, and Dorothy Strickland of Burleson, Texas; her grandson, Brent Mathis of Springtown; her great-grandson, Dylan Mathis of Springtown and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the nursing home to plant a tree in memory of Thelma outside the room where she spent her last days. Springtown Park Rehab and Care Center, Attention J.J. for Thelma Jones Family/Thelma Tree, 201 Williams-Ward Road. Springtown, Texas 76082.