[Tennessee Trails News] Obituary for Carol Jones, Cumberland Trail Advocate

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Provided by Anna Bertram, Murfreesboro:

From: Knoxville News Sentinel, December 2, 2009

*JONES, CAROL ANN WILLIAMS McPETERS - born August 20, 1945 and passed
away on November 30, 2009. Carol was a beloved teacher in Morgan County
for 38 years and had taught three generations of some families in
Wartburg. She was selected by the state of Tennessee as a "Tennessee
Distinguished Classroom Teacher". Carol served on the Tennessee
Conservation Commission and was a strong advocate of the Tennessee State
Parks System. She was instrumental in the formation of the Cumberland
Trail State Park. Carol was a member of the South Harriman Baptist
Church and formerly a member of the First Baptist Church in Wartburg.
She enjoyed traveling with family and friends and going to places that
she had never seen before and experiencing the wonder of the world that
God had provided for her to enjoy. Carol enjoyed being with her family
and friends, especially during all the holiday seasons and loved being
around her grandchildren and her great nephew and niece. She was
preceded in death by; her father, Jackie Williams; and infant sister,
Lenora Sue of Wartburg. She is survived by; her mother, Mildred Kreis
Williams Ruppee; husband; Wendell Jones, of Wartburg; daughter, Lynora
McPeters; and son, Lance McPeters, both of Nashville; step-daughter, Amy
and Greg Turpin of Knoxville; step-son, Brad Jones of Clinton;
granddaughters, Kelsey and Bailey Jones of Clinton; brother, Jerry
Williams and wife Judy; nephew, Joey Williams and wife Susan and their
children, Jackson and Edye-Ann all of Wartburg. The family will receive
friends Thursday evening, December 3, 2009 at Schubert Funeral Home from
4:00 till time of service at 8:00 p.m. with Rev. John Shephard
officiating. Graveside services will be Friday morning, 11:00 a.m. in
Wartburg Cemetery. Schubert Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
* Published in Knoxville News Sentinel on December 2, 2009*