Margaret D. Jones (nee Deike) went home to the Lord on the morning of Sunday, February 19, 2023.

She was 97 years old at the time and a resident of Hixson, TN – where she had raised her family since moving to the area from East Point, GA in August of 1973. She was a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hixson.

Raised in Mankato, MN, Margaret worked in the insurance industry in Minneapolis in the late 1940s before becoming a full-time housewife & homemaker.

Among the many hobbies she enjoyed were: bowling, sewing/knitting, and cooking, as well as getting together regularly with her tight group of long-time friends.

Margaret is survived by her three sons – Kim Richard Jones of Carrboro, NC; Kirk Frederick Jones of Collegedale, TN; and Kris Clinton Jones of East Ridge, TN; as well as two granddaughters – Kassandra Dawn Jones of Knoxville, TN and Sofia Reitnauer of Chapel Hill, NC, as well as three great grandchildren – Lachlan Robert Sears, and twins Brynleigh Eira Adkins & Briar Rhosyn Adkins of Knoxville.

Margaret was preceded in death by her brother, John Deike of Richfield, MN and her husband of more than fifty years, Richard C. Jones, originally of St. Paul, MN.

Visitation will be held on Saturday March 18, 2023 from 11:00am until a 12:00pm memorial service time at Hamilton Funeral Home. Interment will be Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 1:00pm at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.

Hamilton Funeral Home is located at 4506 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343 and may be reached at: 423.531.3975.