A TIME TO BE BORN: ECCLESIASTES 3:2
Michael Duane Jones was born on August 13, 1959, to the union of Willie Lee and Lucille (Nettles) Jones in Saginaw, Michigan.
PRESENT WITH THE LORD: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8
Michael transitioned to his eternal home on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Covenant Harrison after a lengthy illness.
USING GOD'S GIFTS TO SERVE OTHERS: COLOSSIANS 3:34
Michael was a lifetime faithful member of New Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church where he served as the past Minister of Music, Choir Director and Praise and Worship Leader until his health no longer allowed. Michael also sang with the Bamecians Singers of Bethel AME until his health failed. Michael’s most requested songs were “God Is My Everything” and “Stand” in which he did not disappoint when called upon to sing.
A CLOSE FAMILY: PHILLIPIANS 2:3
Michael leaves to cherish his memories his mother, Lucille (Nettles) Jones; sisters, Debbie (David) Burt, Kimberly Jones, LaKeysha Nettles and Michelle Livingston; brothers, Pastor Edward (Addie) Jones, and Vennis Liles all of Saginaw, Michigan, Willie (Ona) Jones, Rochester, Hills, Michigan; nieces, LaShonda (Jaton) Hill, Chester, Virginia, MarQuisha Jones, Atlanta, Georgia, Markesha Jones, Endora (Theodore), Johnson, Saginaw, Michigan, and Heleena Jones, Rochester Hills, Michigan; nephews, C. Tramaine (Sundrena) Jones, Saginaw, Michigan, David Burt Jr., West Palm Beach Floridia, Marvel Jackson, Cross Plains, Tennessee, and Braeden Jones, Rochester Hills, Michigan; great-nieces and nephews, C. Tramaine Jones Jr., Harmony and Jameer Hill, Cordelle and Chance Gibson, Penelope and Owen Haynes, Kennedy Kyle, and Tramiya Washington, Fe'irah Feltson, and Elashia Jackson; godsister, Gracie Witherspoon; aunts, Betty (Johnny) Williams, Saginaw, Michigan, Eva Coleman, Virginia (Larry) Horne, Odessa Johnson, all of Jackson, Mississippi, Mary "Georgia" Nettles, Hercules, California, Mildred Nettles, Lansing, Michigan; uncles, R.D. "Bony" Nettles, Saginaw, Michigan, Ishman (Lubertha) Neal Jr., and Eddie (Carolyn) Neal, Jackson, Mississippi; many special friends and cousins that were close as siblings, just too numerous to mention.
Michael was preceded in death by his father, Willie Jones; brother, Ricky Jones; great-niece, Londyn Gibson; grandparents, Maggie Nettles, John Wesley Nettles, Grozel Neal, and Ishman Neal Sr.; uncles, John (Alma) Nettles, Eddie Nettles, Eugene Nettles, and Howard (Angela) Nettles; aunts, Ada (McKinely) Jackson, Martha Sims, Eva Bryant, and Earlean Nettles, and many cousins.
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