Billy Ray Jones, age 80 of Fordyce died Friday, May 31, 2024 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born October 16, 1943 in Fordyce, Arkansas. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce.
Billy Ray is preceded in death by his parents, Hubert Jones and Susie Anner Black Jones; wife, Bonnie Jones; one brother, Jerry Mike Jones; and one great granddaughter, Amelia Stanford. He is survived by one son, Danny (Karen) Jones of Fordyce; one daughter, Cindi (Jerry) Langford of New Edinburg; sister-in-law, Sonya Mogenson of Fordyce; aunt, Myrlene Donahue of Dallas, TX; seven grandchildren, Mechelle Jones, Kady (Jeff) Ferguson, Brady Gray, Molly (Dane) Salazar, Lacey (Taylor) Stanford, Jarrod Langford, Leslie Beverage; seven great grandchildren, Brinlie Ferguson, Charleigh Ferguson, Jeffry Ferguson, Braidyn Gray, Peyton Langford, Dakoda Cortez, and Hayden Cortez; a special friend, Bobbie Dunlap of Fordyce.
Visitation will be Sunday 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Funeral services will be 2:00 Monday at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce with Robert Williams and Rev. Nathan Petty officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. To sign the online register visit
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