Max E. Jones

Celebration of life services for Max E. Jones Sr., 72, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Chapel. Cremation is planned.Mr. Jones died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.He was born March 12, 1936, in Odell, Neb., the son of Clarence Samuel and Julia J. Tucker Jones. He received a bachelor’s degree from Kansas University.Mr. Jones served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. After retiring from the military, he worked at KU in concessions and also served as electrical supervisor in the housing department. He retired in 2002.He was a life member of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International, the Air Force Sergeants Association and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Alford-Clarke Post 852 in Lawrence.Mr. Jones married Cynthia Ann Oakes on June 11, 1988, in Lawrence. She survives, of the home.Other survivors include four sons, James L. and Donald R., both of Diller, Neb., Max E. Jr., Beatrice, Neb., and Timothy R., Winfield, Ill.; a daughter, Crystal Gayle Reysen, Crystal, Minn.; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.The family will meet friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday before services at the chapel.Online condolences may be sent at barnettchapeloaks.com.