Virginia Jones Dies At 80

Virginia Jones

Virginia Lucille Morgan Jones of Southampton died at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton on Saturday morning July 9. She was 80.

Ms. Jones, daughter of the late Lenora J. and Herbert L. Morgan, was born in Southampton, on July 19, 1930. Known to everyone as Lucille, Ms. Jones attended Southampton Public Schools.

“Ms. Lucy,” as many of her friends called her, married Frank James Jones in the late 1940s. She had a very outgoing personality and had a way of making anyone feel comfortable and at home, survivors said.

At an early age, she joined the Community Baptist Church in Southampton. Though much of the time earlier in her life she was not in Southampton, she was always a faithful member of her church. Later when she began to work locally, she was an active member in church affairs. She was a past president of the senior choir and a member of the culinary committee, which worked tirelessly in the planning of dining activities supporting all of the special events at the church. She was a member of the pastor’s aid ministry, and also a member of the floral club.

Ms. Jones was a God-fearing woman and she loved the Community Baptist Church and working to glorify and praise the Lord, survivors said. She remained active in the church until her health failed in 2010. Outside of church, she worked in the health care service area, the culinary field, and sometimes worked as a domestic with a special flair and style of her own. She liked cooking, but she had a passion for eating out at fine restaurants.

Ms. Jones is survived by her son James Curtis Jones of Southampton; two brothers, James E. Morgan and his wife Elsa of Centereach, and Herbert K. Morgan and his wife Catherine of Pennsylvania; two grandchildren, Antonio Wilson of Southampton and Adrienne Hartwell of Wyandanch; two great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren of Wyandanch; three aunts, Ida Morgan and Doris Bundy of Virginia and Margaret Stewart of Pennsylvania; and one uncle, James Stewart and his wife Fey of Virginia; a godmother, Helen Johnson of Southampton; seven nephews, Carlton and his wife Dawn, Timothy and his wife Angie, Glenn and his wife Ann, David and his wife Asia, James Jr. and his wife Alexandra, John and his wife Jennifer, and Jeffrey and his wife Barbara; many cousins and a host of friends including, Ruth Caffee and Debby Kendrick. Ms. Jones was predeceased by her husband Frank Jones; and son, Thomas Morgan.

Visitation will take place Friday, July 15, at the Community Baptist Church in Southampton from 9 to 11 a.m. The funeral service will begin at the church at 11 a.m.; Reverend Donald E. Butler officiating. Interment will follow at Southampton Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.