Odessa R. Jones

Age: 97
Address: Burke Duncan Road, Lancaster
Family: Husband, the late A.J. Jones; 13 children; 223 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren
Job: Homemaker
Church: New Hope AME Zion Church
Hobbies: Sewing and baking
Favorite book: The Bible
Favorite show: Bishop Gilbert Patterson on Trinity Broadcasting Network
Favorite food: Fish
Favorite getaways: Washington and Maryland
Who is your hero? Jesus Christ and my late husband, A.J. Jones – they both love me.
What are you most proud of and why? My children and grandchildren – they love me and take care of me.
Words you live by: He (God) knows, he hears and he sees, but you have to wait on him.

Gregory A. Summers

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Gregory A. Summers

Odessa Jones is most proud of her children and grandchildren.

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