Lorraine Karen Jones

A graveside service was held on 10/04/2022 at Mt. Hope. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary. Lorraine Karen Jones was born on February 1, 1941, to the late […]

Lorraine Karen Jones

A graveside service was held on 10/04/2022 at Mt. Hope. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary.

Lorraine Karen Jones was born on February 1, 1941, to the late Selbie Jones, Sr. and Mary (Pitt) Jones in Clairton, PA. She departed this life on September 9, 2022, in Chula Vista, CA.

Lorraine was a loving sister, aunt, and friend and was fondly called Rainey by her family. She graduated from Clairton High School in Clairton, PA, and attended Youngstown State in Ohio. She worked in the healthcare field for 40 years, retiring from Scripps Hospital with 30 years of service as a nursing secretary. Rainey enjoyed playing bingo, knitting, and crocheting. She was a member of Bayview Baptist Church in San Diego, CA, and her home church was Mt. Olive First Baptist Church in Clairton, PA.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Selbie Sr. and Mary Jones; sister Doris Black; brothers James, Elder Selbie Jr., Horace, and Benjamin Jones; and sisters-in-law Geraldine Jones and T. Mayumi Jones. She is survived by her brother Robert Jones; nieces Maria (Wallace) Rosser Sr., Natasha Jackson, and Deanna Jones; nephew Sherman Black Jr.; great-nephews W. “Butch” Rosser Jr. and Jacque’t Rosser; sister-in-law Barbara Jones; her best friend, Gwen Nicholson; and friends from the Garden Villas in Chula Vista, CA.