Obituary of Christa H. Jones

Bossier City, LA- Services for Mrs Christa Jones, age 77, will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 7th, 2018, at the Boone Funeral Home Chapel on Airline Drive in Bossier City, LA, with Reverend Dr. Carl Rhoads officiating. Mrs. Jones was born on May 4, 1940 to Karl and Helene Heilmann in Darmstadt, Germany and passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 in Shreveport, LA. Christa completed Realschule in Darmstadt, Germany, where she studied art, design, and learned English. She met the love of her life, Billy Jones, while he was serving in the US Army and stationed at the Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne in Darmstadt. They were married in 1961, and her life of adventure began. They traveled the world living in Germany, Belgium, Colorado, Texas, Hawaii, and Louisiana. When Billy retired from his second career, he and Christa continued their travels, visiting Japan and most of the states that had mountains. She is survived by two sons, Michael Wayne Jones and fiancé, Amber Colby of Bossier City; and Thomas Lee and wife Denise Jones of Ocean Springs, MS; and daughter Monika Helen and husband Rodney Carter of Columbus, OH; five grandchildren, Crystal Tabares, and Andrew Jones, both of Bossier City, Amber Jones of Millersport, Ohio, Nathan Jones, of Clovis, New Mexico, and Allen Jones, of Ramstein, Germany; eight great-grandchildren; and three nephews, Kevin, Kenneth, and Keith Jones. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Billy Ray Jones. Christa was an avid crafter and a talented artist who enjoyed several different mediums including ceramics, painting, drawing, and quilting. She was a strong, independent Christian woman who cared deeply for her family. She was a role model to all who met her, a hero to those lucky enough to call her "Mom", and will be greatly missed.