Waverly Earl Jones, 77

LEWES - Waverly Earl Jones, of Lewes, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, after a brief illness. He was 77.

Mr. Jones was born March 27, 1929, in Remo, Va., son of the late Walter and Grace E. Rousby Jones.

He came to Delaware as a young man in the 1950s.

Mr. Jones was a member of the U.S. Army, serving for seven years.

He started fishing for Fish Products Co., owned by Otis H. Smith. He fished in Delaware, Louisiana and North Carolina. He worked as a foreman at Doxsee Clam Factory until it closed.

He met and married Dorothy Mae Riley in 1952, making Lewes his home.

Mr. Jones was a member of the St. George African Methodist Episcopal Church, serving on its trustee board, and the American Legion. He received the expert rifle, marksman (carbine) and good conduct medals.

He is survived by his daughter and her companion, Brenda J. Fountain and John L. Hall of Milton; a son and his wife, Wilbur and Barbara Conaway of Virginia; two granddaughters, Bonita Y. Fountain and her companion, Vontrell Sturgis of Milton and Michelle Waller; two grandsons, Rodney Conaway and Stevie Conaway; seven great-grandchildren, Anthony L. Fountain and Elijah M. Fountain, both of Milton, Payton Waller, Chris Waller, Kyle Conaway, Jalem Conaway and Kiesha Beale; two brothers, the Rev. Melvin O. and his wife, Eva Jones of Cinnaminson, N.J. and Walter Jones of Baltimore; three sisters, Martha and her husband, Earl Lee of Kilmarnock, Va., Sheila J. Lewis of Mays Landing, N.J. and Lucille Jones of Bronx, N.Y.; five sisters-in-law, Elizabeth and her husband, Emory Hill of Lewes, Hattie Jones of Belltown, Helen (Carter) Meades of Smyrna, Martha Heagy of Newark and Pauline Carter; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Services will be noon Wednesday in St. George AME Church, 317 Park Ave., Lewes, where friends may call two hours earlier.

The Rev. Marcus D. Briddell will officiate.

Burial will be in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.

Arrangements by Miller Funeral Service, Lewes.