LaMartha Rochelle Jones passed on March 19, 2023 at 9:41 p.m. She was born to the parents of Mary Young and Sylvester Williams, Jan. 1st, 1944 in Tyler, Texas. Her surviving love ones are as follows: Brother, Wendell Jackson, her sister, Laura (Polly) Young, her children Tam Jones-Turner, Reverend Danwyck Jones (Tosheba) and Chancellor Jones (Twymeika), her grand-children, Hezakyah Steele, Daniel Jones, Quymar Jones, Chuma Jones, Akya Turner and Elise Jones, her great, grand-children Ky'ah Steele and Domonic Dillon, her nieces & nephews, Evangelist Quantalane Ramana Henry, Ursula Henry, Ian Henry, Verbal Jackson and Lucky.

She attended Greater St. Mary Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, as an active and faithful member for more than 60 years. LaMartha graduated Emmett J. Scott High School in 1962. She attained her Bachelor's Degree at Texas College in 1966. She became an active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated at the Gamma Omicron Omega Chapter. She achieved Golden Soror Status after 50 years of Membership. She was a gifted interior decorator, canvas painter, floral designer and long-time early childhood educator for more than 47 years at North Tyler Developmental Academy. She loves spending time with family, especially her grand-children and great-grand-children.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Bonnie Ray Jones, her grandmother, Laura Young, her mother, Mary Young Smith, her father, Sylvester Williams and her sister Molly Stene Cole.