Rona Jennings

Rona Jennings

1951-2016

The family of Rona Faye Jennings, 65, of Eustace, formerly of Canton, will hold a memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Jackson Baptist Church with Pastor Butch Cunningham officiating.

Mrs. Jennings died July 28, 2016, in Tyler. 

She was born April 15, 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Va,. to Melvert Duncan and Bonnie Clyde Jones Bullard.

While her father and later her husband served in the military, she was able to live in Virginia, Japan, Germany and California.  She has lived in the East Texas area for the past 30 years. 

She was a member of Jackson Baptist Church. 

She loved to knit, crochet and sew.  She enjoyed helping others and being around friends and family.

She is preceded in death by her father, Melvert Duncan Bullard; mother and step-father, Bonnie and James Foshee; husband, Eugene Jennings; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Smith of Eustace; son, Ryan Gillmore and Melissa Walker of Eustace; four grandchildren, Ridge Smith, Macy Smith, Christian Gillmore and Anna Gillmore; one great-grandson, Aiden Morton; two brothers, Steve and Becky Bullard of Mesquite and Melvert D. “Bud” and Billie Bullard of Farmersville; two nieces, Heather Frazier and Elizabeth Hickman; two nephews, Bret Bullard and Steve Bullard; and her little dog, Missy.