Robert "Bobby" Anthony Jones

A Mass of Christian burial for Bobby Jones will be held Saturday, May3, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul with the Reverend Paul Key officiating. Interment will follow at the Hearne Norwood Cemetery in Hearne, Texas, at 2:30 p.m., with the Reverend David Liedham officiating, under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Bobby passed away, after a brief illness, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Fort Worth, surrounded by family and lifelong friends. He was born on September 29, 1959, in Hempstead, Long Island, New York at Mitchel Air Force Base. He resided most of his life in Tyler, Texas, where he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1978. While attending Baylor University, Bobby was an escort in the 1979 Rose Festival, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and graduated with a B. A. degree in Business Administration. After college graduation, Bobby managed McClain Building Materials in Tyler, Texas, for 23 years, then worked for Georgia Pacific in Arlington, Texas, and for RESDOOR Company in Fort Worth. No matter where he resided, Bobby continued to be an avid, steadfast and true Baylor Bears and Texas Rangers fan. One of the little known facts about Bobby happened in early 1960. At six months of age, Procter and Gamble selected him as the Ivory Snow baby for their television commercials to be aired before soap operas. Though he received much attention from that unique experience, through the years he continually maintained a quiet, kind and gentle spirit, a love for family and friends, a great sense of humor, and was widely known as “uncle” to everyone’s kids. Bobby was preceded in death by his father, Robert Truman Jones, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Trentacost and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Jones of Hearne, Texas. He is survived by his loving family including his parents, Rosemary and Joe McClain of Tyler; his brothers, Steve Jones of Kent, Connecticut, Mark Jones of Austin, Texas, Kent McClain of Killeen, Texas; his nieces, Elizabeth Jones of Houston, Texas, Katherine Jones of San Antonio, Texas; his Uncle Pete Trentacost of Houston, Texas, as well as numerous cousins. Pallbearers will be: Jeff Bishop, Brit Britton, Kirk Dotson, Bruce Henderson, David Shelburn, and John Stephens. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014, with the rosary following at 6:30, officiated by Reverend Paul Key at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, Texas 75703. Donations may be made to the Baylor “B” Association, 1500 South University Park Drive, Waco, Texas 76706, or to the East Texas Food Bank, 3201 Robertson Road, Tyler, 75701.

Robert "Bobby" Anthony Jones

September 29, 1959 - April 28, 2014