Birth date: Nov 13, 1934 Death date: Nov 2, 2015
Clyde Jerrell Jones, a longtime Okmulgee resident, passed away Monday morning in Tulsa at the age of 80. Clyde was born November 13, 1934 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to the late Charles Maryland and Camolia (McClatchy) Jones. Clyde went Read Obituary
Uncle Jerry was caring, dependable, generous and loving. He always encouraged me with my riding and competing in Barrel Racing and if I had a competition in Oklahoma, he was there! The first time I came to Pawhuska, Uncle Jerry drove into town and checked out the hotel situation. He decided that I needed to move to the two story hotel because it was safer, which I did! Then after the competition, we wnt to Bad Brad's Bar B Q place for a delicious supper, along with my mother and Wade and Shelley Jones, Jeff, Sammi and baby Christopher. Another special memory was riding out to Okmulgee Lake with my cousin Staci who was chauffeuring myself, Uncle Jerry and Aunt Lois. All of a sudden Staci came to an abrupt and quick stop. Uncle Jerry said "Good Lord, Sis, what in the world was that about?" And Staci informed all of us that she could not run over the Oklahoma state bird! We had a great laugh over that!
Missy Jones - niece of Clyde J Jones
After Fred went to be with the Lord, Jerry was so thoughtful to call and see how Jody, Missy, and I were doing, and if we needed anything. He always had something funny to tell us.
In Sympathy
Praying for you,
Pat Jones
One of the pictures on the slideshow has a picture of Jerry covered with sunscreen!!!
We went canoeing one time and Jerry kept telling everyone to be sure and put sunscreen on!! I look over at him and he has it all over his arms and face like Crisco!!!! He didn't rub it in like your suppose to do!!!! He left it like that claiming he would have no sunburn on him!!! And he of course he didn't, we did after that we all wore it!! The only difference was we rubbed it into our skin!!! I smile just thinking of him and his ways!!! Love you, shelley!
He was a great man, father, husband, brother and uncle. He could do anything he set his mind on. He was a one of the kindest men I have ever known. He loved to make people laugh and had a wonderful wit that our family will miss. We loved the times that he would come and visit us because we knew that they were going to be fun. And he always had great stories to tell on all his brothers and sisters. Our families have been blessed with his life.
Love
Angela Charline Gibbs
Jerry was an every day visitor to our barber shop. We were his home away from home. You never knew what he would come up with from one day to another. He had a wicked sense of humor and no matter how many people were in the shop, he'd usually have everybody in stitches with his funny outlook on things in general.
Jerry was a top notch ONG oil & gas man. I heard so many people praise his abilities. He rubbed shoulders with the heavyweights in that field, but you wouldn't know that because he was as common as an old shoe. He really knew his stuff and would always read the oil & gas section of the newspaper. He also liked reminiscing about his army days and his boxing exploits.
We would kid him and he would kid us back. We told him the only reason he survived that spillway fall is because he landed on his head. When we had to repeat something over and over, we'd ask him why he doesn't get hearing aids. He said it's cheaper if ya just yell at me. The only negatives I ever heard about Jerry was when he'd get a little too fresh or testy with waitresses. But he was really a hoot with us. Made us laugh more than anyone I can think of, was very politically incorrect and a pure pleasure to have known.
