Graveside services for Willis Eugene Jones age 79, of Hollister, Missouri will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery in Branson under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson.

He passed away on July 14, 2018 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo.

Gene was born May 4, 1939 in Blue Eye, Missouri the son of Velva Jones. He was a graduate of the Blue Eye High School and had been a resident of the area all his life. He and his wife were the owners and operators of Branson Auto Parts from 1972 until 1988. He was united in marriage to Earnestine Parton on January 2, 1959 in Harrison, Arkansas and to this union was born two children.

Survivors are his wife, Earnestine Jones of the home in Hollister. Two children; Tina Gideon and husband Tom of Branson, Missouri and Rodney Jones and spouse Steve Barnett of Nixa, Missouri. One brother, Bob Baker of Bois D’ Arc, Missouri and one grandson, August Gideon. He was preceded in death by his mother.