Mrs. Beatrice V. "Bea" Jones, 96, of Morris, and formerly of Emington, Ill., passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Jan. 2, 2013, at Morris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.

Born Sept. 4, 1916, in Pontiac, Ill., Beatrice was the daughter of Harvey and Ollie M. (Davis) Odom. She graduated from Wilmington High School with the class of 1935.

Bea married Francis L. Flint on Nov. 20,1937, in Kentland, Ind. He preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1957. She married Reginald Jones Jan. 14, 1962, in Morris. He preceded her in death on April 3, 1985.