Michael “Big Bubba” Jones was educated in the public schools of Fairfield County. He was employed by Manhattan and enjoyed brick masonry. He was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church in Winnsboro, S.C. and was a member of The Spoilers softball team.
Michael was preceded in death by his mother, Mary “Penny” Jones and father Marvin Craig; maternal grandparents Lonnie and Josephine Adams and paternal grandparents Edward and Julia Mae Craig.
Michael leaves to cherish fond memories: his only sister, Julia Marie Jones of Winnsboro, S.C.; two brothers, Marvin Donnell Jones and Eric Maurice Alston, both of Winnsboro, S.C.; eight aunts, Hazel Adams, JoEllen Trapp, Kimberly Adams, Michelle Alexander, Joyce Adams, Virginia Mack and Dorothy Watkins, all of Winnsboro, S.C., and Margie Craig Stundivant of Temple Hill, MD; one uncle, Michael Craig; his foster mother, Lila Jackson of Winnsboro, S.C.; five extended brothers, Bobby Jones, Timothy Jones, Gregory Jones and Andre Jones, all of Winnsboro, S.C.; Terry Jones of Great Falls, S.C.; three extended sisters, Virginia Jones and Tracy Jones, both of Winnsboro, S.C., and Tammy Hart of Jenkinsville, S.C.
Michael also leaves with great memories: two close nieces, Monica “Punkin” Gibson, KaNeka “Booke” Goins and one great nephew Willie Boulware Jr. and a host of other nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends, all of whom will miss him dearly.