Leona Bacon, 1941-2014
Leona Bacon, 73, of Roswell, NM, passed away on June 6, 2014. Leona was born in January 5, 1941, to William and Bessy Bacon in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated from Libbey High School and went on to further her education at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she obtained a Bachelors in Liberal Arts and a Masters in Library Science. She also attended the Community College of Tucumcari, NM. She worked for the University of Toledo, University of Missouri Ellis Library, University of Arts School in Denver, Mesa Land Community College, and was a librarian at New Mexico Military Institute. Her passion was making jewelry, crocheting and painting. She also enjoyed participating in craft shows. Leona was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William Edward Bacon. She is survived by her sons, William Albert Thornton Jr., Michael Andrew Thornton and Daniel Anthony Thornton; and by her siblings, John Michael Bacon, Mary Jo Bacon, and Frances Faith Tidwell. Leona is best remembered as a very sweet, kind, and caring woman with a heart for helping others.
Sources: June 20, 2014, Roswell Daily Record and June 12, 2014, Toledo Blade.
Leona’s time at MU:
1/15/1979 – 8/13/1982
Library Assistant, Dean of Education
8/14/1982 – 6/16/1994
Library Assistant II, Ellis Library Catalog Department
Carolyn M. Jones, 1933-2014
Carolyn M. Jones died on Oct. 28, 2014. She was born May 25, 1933, in London, England, to a New York Times writer and an actress who had performed with the Provincetown Players and on Broadway. She was raised in Atlanta by her grandmother, and graduated from Agnes Scott College. Following marriage in 1955, Mrs. Jones became a homemaker with two sons. In 1978, she began a library career leading to a Master of Arts in library science and the directorship of the Columbia College Library in Columbia, Missouri. After retiring to DeLand in 2001, Mrs. Jones was active in the Friends of the DeLand Library, making reminder calls, participating in book- and poetry-discussion groups, and with the genealogy society. She is survived by her husband, B.C. Jones, son Michael B. Jones of Orlando, and grandson Kyle, now attending the USC law school. Memorial donations may be made to the Friends of the DeLand Library.
Source: The West Volusia Beacon