January 10, 2025, 78, Mount Olive —

Kathryn Pearsall Jones, 78, life-long resident of the Mount Olive area, passed away Friday evening, January 10, 2025.  

Known by most as Kaye P. Jones, she had spent the majority of her working career at Hamilton Beach.

Kaye is survived by two sons and their wives, Robert Ray and Misty Denning, and Michael Christopher and Sue Ann Jones, all of Mount Olive; three grandchildren, William Edwards, Braxton James Denning, and Kathryn “Katie” Elizabeth Denning; a brother, Leonard “Len” Pearsall of Mount Olive; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny L. Jones; her parents, Braxton L. and Katie Mozingo Pearsall; a sister, Wanda P. Babb; a brother, Bennett “Ben” Pearsall; and an infant brother, Braxton “little Jimmy” Pearsall.

Funeral services will be held at graveside at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 17, in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive.  Presiding will be the Rev. Ernest Otto Griffin, Jr. and Michael Odom.  The family will greet relatives and friends at the cemetery at the conclusion of the service.