Mrs. Glenda Earcell (Byassee) Jones

            Mrs. Glenda Earcell (Byassee) Jones, age 79, beloved mother, sister, and friend, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2026, at the Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House in Murray, Kentucky.
           
            Glenda was born on April 23, 1947, in Rural James Bayou, Missouri, to the late J.B. Byassee and Ruth (Bennett) Byassee, the oldest daughter of a family of seven.  She married Adolph Jones September 5, 1964, and they resided for a while in California, where both of their children were born. After returning to Southeast Missouri when the children were small, she was a homemaker who loved to decorate, active with her brothers and sisters, and a member of the First Baptist Church in East Prairie, Missouri.  She and Adolph relocated to Murray in 2011.  After Adolph’s death, she became the first resident of Flourish Memory Care at Charter Senior Living in Murray.
           
            In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Adolph Jones; as well as three brothers, J. B. “Junior” Byassee, Charles Byassee, and Joe Byassee.
           
            Survivors include two sons, Ronnie L. Jones and wife, Chanda, of Salemburg, North Carolina; and Chuck Jones and wife, Sarah, of Murray, Kentucky; two sisters, Karen Scott Powell and Becky Jones both of East Prairie, Missouri; one brother, Ronnie Byassee and wife Paula, of East Prairie, Missouri; four grandchildren, Ryan Jones and wife, Lindsey, of Salemburg, North Carolina; Abby Beane and husband, Austin, of Farmington, Kentucky; Chaney Horne and husband Andy, of Lexington, Kentucky; and Jack Jones of Oxford, Mississippi; as well as six great grandchildren: Willow Jones, Hattie Jones, Everett Jones, Gunner Jones, Henry Elliott, and James Beane.
           
            A private graveside will be held at the Murray City Cemetery.
 
            Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House, 803 Poplar Street, Murray, Kentucky 42071.
 
            Online condolences can be made at, www.jhchurchill.com