Maysville - Billie Jean Collins Jones, 83 died Tuesday December 20, 2022 at her home.

Billie Jean's service will be 7:00 PM on Tuesday December 27, 2022 held at Jones Funeral Home in Jacksonville. The family will receive visitors from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the funeral home.

Billie Jean was very active in her community and served in several official capacities. She not only retired from Federal Land East Production Credit Company, she retired from the state of NC for Onslow County as Assistant County Clerk of Court, she also served on the Board of Directors for Jones Onslow Electric Membership Corporation for twenty-eight years and helped her husband with his duties as Chief of Loco VFD for many years. Billie Jean loved magnolias and doing for others. She loved her family like no other and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought her the most joy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Thelma Collins of Maysville and her brother in­ law Harvey Yancey Sr.

She is survived by the love of her life since before the first grade and husband of 65 years, Ruben "Darrell" Jones; son, Randy (Laura) Jones; daughter, Teresa (Dion) Kautter; grandchildren, Melanie (Andrew) Provost, Shannon (Devan) Jones, Jerry Davis Jr, Makenzie (Samantha) Maley, Kyle (Areil) Sutton; great-grandchildren; DaShaun Brown, Jacob Braswell, Emma Braswell, Jonah Jones, Emeri Oliver, Peityn Davis, Kendall Sutton, Khaleesi Carroll, Lyanna Carroll, Riley Sutton, Mccullen Maley, Eian Sutton; brother, Crawford (Susan) Collins; sister, Nancy Yancey; nephews, Harvey (Vivian) Yancey Jr, Ricky (Tonya) Yancey; and nieces, Corinna (Craig) Baldwin, Karen (Neal) Hutchenson . There are countless others whom she loved and loved her.

Flowers are welcome to be sent to the funeral home or memorial contributions may be made in Billie Jean's name to Belgrade United Methodist Church.