JACKSON -- Miss Dawn A. Jones, 28, of Third Street, entered into rest July 15, 2009.

Miss Jones was a 1999 graduate of Silver Bluff High School and a 2002 graduate of Claflin University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in biology. She was employed with Pantry Shop, Jackson, as an assistant manager. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Left to cherish fond memories are a son, Braxton Lee Jones; her father, Willie Jones; two sisters, Dierdre Jones and Jennifer Jones of Jackson; maternal grandmother and stepgrandfather, Dorothy (Charles) Moore of Benton, Miss.; maternal grandfather and stepgrandmother, Robert (Ann) Whitney of Detroit, Mich.; paternal grandfather, Solomon Jones of Edgefield; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.