Loretta Johnson Jones, 82, of 97 Water Lane, Mesic passed Thursday, November 23, 2023.

Her service is 12:00 PM, Friday, December 1, 2023 at New Bern Eastern Missionary Baptist Headquarters. Burial will follow at Mesic Memorial Cemetery.

Viewing hours are 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Thursday, November 30, 2023 at Oscar's Mortuary.

She is survived by her husband, Booker T. Jones, Sr., Mesic; son, Booker T. Jones Jr., Clayton, NC; daughters, Marietta Jones, Greensboro, Coretta Fisher, Wake Forest and Hilda Davis, Grantsboro, eight grandchildren; sisters, Inez Latham, Grantsboro and Diane Hodges, New York; brothers, Reverend Douglas Pearsall, Bayboro and Reverend Cletis Sawyer, New Bern.