Mary Eunice Lemon

Mary Eunice Jones was born on December 7, 1939, to Charles Comet Jones Sr. and Lillie Dee Simmons, in a house in a little place called Plum Nelly, in Omaha, Nebraska. Mary was the baby of the bunch; she had three older sisters and a brother.

Mary attended Howard Kennedy Elementary and then attended Omaha North High, where she was a graduate of the class of 1958. She participated in the Polar Cubs and was on the girls' rifle team, winning the Girls Athletic Association klbioc. She was in the Future Nurses of America. Mary participated in quite a few organizations. After graduating from high school, Mary got married to Robert Lee Brown. She had 5 children out of this union: Renota, Lillian (Diane), Lori, Mary and Robert Lee Jr. She went to work for Glauber Valve Company from 1968 to 1972, when the company closed in the fall of 1973, and then she went to work for Western Electric Company for five years. She then went to work at the Veterans Administration in 1975, where she stayed until her retirement in 1995. She also met and married her second husband, Louis Joe Lemon, to whom she remained married until his death in 2011. She could not stay retired, and she decided to go back to work at Campbell Soup Company and stayed for about 3 years; then she went to work at Bakers in the deli department. She again went into retirement and then went to work as a private CNA until her husband became ill, and she went into retirement until her health began to fail. Mary was a faithful church member and was one of 25 people who were the original charter members who started up Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. They all pulled together money to get a down payment on the building and once they acquired the building off of 24th and Grant and was able to dedicated the church in 1998 because they were able to pay off the mortgage of the building. Mary was a beautiful Alto and sang with the choir for several years and was a member of the board of trustees of the church.

Mary preceded in death both parents, Charles Comet Jones Sr. and Lillie Dee Simmons Jones, one brother, Charles Comet Jones Jr., two daughters, Renota Brown, Saundra Brown, three sisters, Charlotte Winstin, Lillie Marie Grimes and Vernetta Lewis Benton, and husband Joe Louis Lemon. She leaves to morn; children, Lillian Diane Brown of Los Angeles, CA, Lori Brown, Mary Brown(Dennis) of Omaha, NE and Robert Lee Brown Jr., step children; Eric Lemon(Robbie) of Omaha, Ne, Patricia Hall(Stanley) of Phoenix, AZ, Nephews and nieces, Valerie Eure, Darryel Lewis, Terry Lewis, Jerome Benton, Lester Grimes, Vernetta Nelson, Lenora Nelson, Georgia Nelson, Benita Benton, Brenda Benton, Terry Grimes, Daniel Grimes, Charles Comet Jones III, Carleen Jones, Craig Jones, Great Niece and Nephews, Alieen Smith, Khalil Eure and Steven Eure, grandchildren; Dwand Uresse Brown, Samara Lemon, Latasha Brown, Ebony Phillips, Anthony Brown, Jason Brown, Kendall Brown, Finis Lemon, Michelle Brown, Whitney Brown, Unique Brown, Michaela Brown, Chelsea Brown, Joelisha Brown, and host of other relatives and friends.

Special recognition for Louis Joe Lemon will be laid to rest with Mary E. Lemon together.