Benson, NC: Ms. Patricia Bryant Jones, age 68, died Wednesday at UNC Heathcare in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Saturday at New Zealand Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Virgil Murphy, Rev. Jeff Hayes, and Mr. Robie Clifton. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.
Ms. Jones was born June 28, 1946 in Harnett County to the late William Brantley and Lessie Mae Lee Bryant. She worked with the food service at Johnston Medical Center in Smithfield. Ms. Jones was a homemaker and a member of New Zealand Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.
She is survived by daughter & son-in-law, Laurie & Sam Wilkins of Benson; grandchildren, Caleb Wilkins, Sarah Wilkins, and Grace Ann Wilkins; sisters & brothers-in-law, Sylvia "Sib" & Junior Denning and Deb & Robie Clifton, all of Benson; brother & sister-in-law, Bill & Kim Bryant of Benson; and several nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Friday and other times at the home of Laurie & Sam Wilkins, 901 Marler Road, Benson.
Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to New Zealand Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church Youth Group, P. O. Box 234, Newton Grove, NC 28366.