LaToi Jones

JONES, Ms. LaToi Q. - Age 34, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 11 a.m. Saturday July 23, 2011 at New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church, 1035 E. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 12Noon. Pastor Patrick Sanders, officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11 a.m. Saturday. Ms. Jones will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, with a memorial musical at 6 p.m. at New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church Friday. Ms. LaToi Q. Jones was born July 11, 1977 in Flint, Michigan the daughter of Lawrence and Shirley Jones. She was a dedicated mother of two children and a devoted Godmother. She loved singing, praising the Lord and studying God’s Word. LaToi accepted Christ at a young age at New Zion Baptist Church. Ms. Jones was a current active & faithful member of the New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church, where she was currently the Vice-President of the New Destiny choir, Intercessory Prayer Warrior, a member of the Inspirational Voices (IV’s), Sunday School Teachers Training and worked diligently with the OMEGA Youth Ministry. Outside of her faithfulness to her church ministry, Ms. Jones was very active in her community including the Full Gospel Northern District Intercessory Prayer Ministry where she was a warrior and intercessor. LaToi was a devoted charter member of Albert Strickland & Cho’Zen Gospel Community Choir. She sang with numerous choirs throughout the years which include, Northwest Community Choir, Sterling Brooks & Connection, Gospel Music Workshop Flint Chapter, and City Wide Community Choir. Ms. Jones attended Flint Southwestern Academy and graduated from Flint Northern High School “Class of 1995”. She also attended Baker College where she received her Associates Degree in Applied Science in Human Services Magna Cum Laude in 2006 and Bachelors of Human Services in 2008 where she served as a member of Gamma Beta Phi honor society. Ms. Jones also obtained the Social Service Technician Registration Licensure through the State of Michigan Department of Community Health. Ms. Jones was employed with the State of Michigan, Department of Human Services as an Eligibility Specialist where she served out of the Pierson Road office and Bryant School. Ms. Jones leaves to cherish her loving memory: son, T’Kal A. Clay; daughter, Qyara M. Jones; father, Lawrence Jones; mother, Shirley Bailey-Jones; sister, Chelonda Jones; niece, Daij’a Dunigan; nephew, LaRon West; grandfather, Deacon Bobby E. Bailey; aunts, Darlene and Brenda Jones; Godchildren, Ashley Brown and Cheyanne Willis; Godparents, Debra (Michael) Ivory, H. B. Dixson Jr., all of Flint; best friend, Shawn M. Gray; special cousin, Shaquita Fields; special friends, Elder Darryl Davis, Albert Strickland III, Mardell Watson, Angela Vaughn, LeQuin Williams, Cha’Quinta Price, Lonette Henderson, Diane “Lady Di” Williams, Karen Flowers, Dinecia Collins, Everlean Booth and the entire Mississippi family, Robert Green of Atlanta, GA, and Deric Norris of Columbus, OH, The New Zion Church Family, the New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church Family, Cho’Zen Community Choir Family, and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention, including the Strozier and Jones Family. Ms. Jones was preceded in death by her grandmothers, Dr. Essie L. Bailey and Sis. Minnie L. Jones; grandfather, Rev. Andrew Jones; and uncle, Rev. Bee Jones. The family would like to thank Bishop Odis A. and Brenda Floyd; Interim Pastor Patrick Sanders, Elder Jeffery LaValley and the Inspirational Voices of New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church, the New Jerusalem F.G.B.C. Family, New Zion Baptist Church Family, the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Family, Mrs. Beverly Jacks and family, and the Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home staff.

LaToi Jones

July 11, 1977 - July 14, 2011