The homegoing service for Mrs. Edna Powell Sones will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 28, 2019,
at First Baptist Church Brookhaven, with interment at Sones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
in Carriere, MS, at 4:00 p.m. Friends may visit with the family from 9:30 a.m. until time of the service on Monday.
Edna Powell Sones, affectionately known to all who
knew her as Nana, went to be with the Lord on
January 25, 2019. She was born December 8, 1928
to Tommie Powell and Rosabelle Marshall Fletcher.
She was preceded in her death by her husband,
U.G. Sones; her parents; and one sister, Mildred Reed.
Those left to cherish her memory are, her sons:
Dr. Jim Sones and wife, Debbie; Bill Sones and wife, Theresa;
sister, Nellie Gammons; 9 grandchildren,
Jay Sones and fiancé, Lucy; Ken Sones and wife, Suzanne;
Megan Clapton and husband, Marty;
Michael Germany; Sunday Holmes and husband, Jason;
Sicily Green and husband, Jason; Dr. Bill Sones, Jr.
and wife, Carrie; Ben Sones and wife Estelle;
Sam Sones and wife, Brittany. She was also
blessed with 24 great grandchildren.
After spending over thirty-five years raising their family in Eupora,
Edna and her husband U.G. moved
to be near their family in Brookhaven. She opened
Sones Interiors and used her decorating talent to
enrich the homes and lives of many people. She and
her husband became beloved members serving the Lord at
First Baptist Church faithful. Later she and U.G.
became the managers of the Inez Hotel Apartments
for almost twenty years, blessing and serving the many residents who lived there.
At the age of 80, upon her retirement, she told her son Bill,
“I never thought that I would retire this early!” She had a can-do spirit
and never wanted to slow down. She will be fondly remembered for her
devotion to her husband, her family and friends, her church and her community.
