Fri, 06/04/2021 - 8:46am
Christella Sue Jones, 88, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Wichita Falls. Visitation will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 11 a.m. and funeral services will follow at 12 p.m. in the Cowboy Church Gatherin’. Burial will follow in Farmer Cemetery in Farmer under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home.
Christella was born Jan. 16, 1933, in Farmer, TX, to the late Malcolm and Suda (Washburn) Farmer. She married Robert T. “Bob” Jones April 7, 1951, in Weatherford. She and Bob founded Arc Electric Co. in Hurst Texas in 1957.
Chris was the youngest of five sisters and around 1937 her family moved from their ranch in Farmer to Ft. Worth. She loved to go with her father to the Stockyards where he was a cattle broker. This instilled her love for horses and cattle at a young age. Her mother Suda, owned and operated the Farmer Café in Ft. Worth.