Mr. Darrell A. Jones

September 14, 1961 - February 1, 2017

Darrell Aubrey Jones, 55, was born September 14, 1961 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama to Dorothy Jones and Joseph Little. He departed this earthly life February 1, 2017 after a brief illness at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Darrell accepted Christ at an early age at St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama and was very active in his membership before his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky. He was a 1980 graduate of Eastern High School (Louisville, Kentucky) and was an employee at Toyota Motor Manufacturing (Georgetown, Kentucky) for 29 years. Darrell was a member of Silver Cord Lodge #23. He loved cooking and owned a food truck known as “Smokee D’s”. Darrell’s love for the outdoors was evident in his activities such as motorcycle riding, hunting, and fishing. He enjoyed singing and playing his guitar. Darrell was mechanically inclined and loved working on cars. He was a free-spirited man who never met a stranger. He was preceded in death by a step daughter, Ashley Wade. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of ten years: Tamela Jones, a daughter: Audrey Elizabeth Jones; parents: Dorothy Jones and Joseph Little; four stepdaughters: Haley, Andrianne, Justa and Heidi; a stepson: Daysen Jones; five siblings: Elizabeth A. (Sammie) Brooks, Sobona M. (Dante’) Sweatt, Trina L. (Nathaniel) Morton, Connie C. Jones, Jr., and Travis L. (Iris) Jones; mother-in- law: Helen Gardner (Shelbyville, Kentucky); sisters-in- law: Marietta (Joseph) Rose and Jennifer Donnelly; four aunts, three uncles, nine nephews, eight nieces, four great nieces, six great nephews, other relatives, and a host of “Special” friends.