Obituary
Jean Helen Jones -Hawkins of Reidsville, NC departed this life on Monday, December 6, 2021 at home. Jean was born on September 2, 1955, in Pittsylvania County to the late Willie David Jones and Ella Fitzgerald Jones as the first of five children.
Jean received a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Averett University in Danville, VA.
She served in the D.C. area for over 30 years in the area of criminal justice reform. She dedicated her life to service and enjoyed saving lives. On November 13, 1987, Jean received an achievement award from the Washington, DC Department of Corrections for saving a man’s life. She also worked for twelve years at the Hope Village Halfway House helping prepare offenders for reentry into the community after incarceration. She assisted them with finding employment, anger management, managing mental illness, and domestic abuse. Jean retired in 2018 and resumed working in criminal justice in 2021 in Caswell County after working through the pandemic at Guilford Healthcare Center.
Jean united with Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church at an early age. She later joined the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, MD after many years of living in the Maryland area. Jean was first married to Anthony James Contee. Through that union, she was blessed with one daughter, Jasmine Contee (Warren). Jean was later married to Jay Hawkins.
Jean was predeceased by her father Willie David Jones Sr. and brother James A. Jones, Esq., Paternal grandparents, Andrew Jones and Parthenia Glass Jones, Maternal grandparents, James Fitzgerald and Eula Choice Dawson.
Jean is survived by her mother, Ella Pearl Jones; sisters, Ella Louise Pass (John Wayne) and Debra Jones; as well as her brother, Willie Jones Jr. of Reidsville, NC. She also leaves behind one daughter, Jasmine Warren, son-in-law, Jonathan Warren, one granddaughter, Lark Warren of College Station, TX; uncles, Robert A. Jones (Anna) of Blairs, Va., Godfrey G. Jones (Nellie) Danville, Va., aunts, Fannie Jones, Lola Jones both of Blairs, Va., Naomi D. Fitzgerald of Danville, Va.; two nieces, Katrina Pass-Davis of Eden, NC, and Tonesha Jones of Springfield, MD; one nephew, Jonathan Jones of Edgewood, MD; two great-nephews, Eric Roberts Jr. and Kameron Roberts of Eden, NC; and a host of extended family and friends.
Celebration of life services for Mrs. Jean Helen Jones-Hawkins, will be on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 1:00pm at the Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church, 857 Java Road, Java, Virginia 24565 . Rev. Antonel A. Myler, Sr., Pastor, with Elder Ella J. Pass, Associate Minister, Officiating, Bibleway Cathedral, Danville Virginia and Evangelist Kevin McNeil , Homily, Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Pelham N.C. Interment will follow in the Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Java, Va.
Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence of her sister and brother-in-law Elder Ella J. Pass(John Wayne) 235 Rhinewood Lane Reidsville N.C. at 11:00am on the day of the service.
A public visitation will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021 from 5pm to 8pm. at J. L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment- Danville Virginia.
Masks are required at all visitations and services. Attendees are asked to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Service may be viewed by Live Stream at /https://www.jldodsonandsons.com/LiveStream
Professional funeral services have been entrusted to the staff of the J.L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment, 447 Old South Main Street, Danville, VA, Rev. Jeffrey L. Dodson, Sr., Funeral Director, (434) 799-9262. Online condolences may be registered at www.jldodsonandsons.com “Our Family Servicing Your Family”
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