Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday, February 27, 2017, 12:00 P.M. at Westside M.B. Church with the Rev. Edwin Crump, officiating and inhumation in the Decatur City Cemetery. The body will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral.  Public viewing will be Sunday from 12:30 P.M. -6:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, God called one of his Great Women home. Mrs. Sandra Denise Jones-Gilbert (a.k.a. San), was born July 26, 1966 to Evelyn Jones-Kirk and Bobby Joe Townsend. She was reared by her mother and her stepfather, Alexander Kirk.

She confessed Christ at an early age at Westside Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Pastor George Smith. Sandra Denise Jones-Gilbert received her education in the Decatur City School System and was a graduate of Austin High School Class of 1984. She was an employee at Wayne Farms Further Processing Plant in Decatur, AL, until her health declined. Ms. Jones-Gilbert was well-known throughout the city of Decatur. Ms. Jones-Gilbert has always been known for her “makeup”. Sandra Denise Jones-Gilbert was truly full of life.

Sandra Denise Jones-Gilbert was preceded in death by: her mother, Evelyn Jones-Kirk; her father, Bobby Joe Townsend; her stepfather, Alexander Kirk; her grandson, Davion O. Farrar; sister, Lenora K. Fuqua; brother, William “Billy” Kirk.

Ms. Jones-Gilbert leaves to cherish her memory: two daughters, Candra (Jeremy) Gray and Rakelle Jones both of Decatur; two sons, Tremayne (Alexandria) Gilbert, Huntsville, AL and Rakeem Jones of Decatur, AL; two sisters, Kathy Jones and Susie (Charles) Jones-Baugh both of Decatur; one special niece, Akira Jones; two half-sisters, Janice Moseley and Carolyn Kirk Bell; five half-brothers, Ronald Kirk, Calvin Kirk, Max Kirk, Larry Kirk and Jackie Kirk; one granddaughter, Elliana Jones; one grandson, Tremayne Gilbert II; one aunt, Gloria Jones of Decatur, AL; two uncles, Willie (Emma Ruth) Jones of Decatur, AL and Willie B. (Ida) Jones of Muscle Shoals, AL; special friends, Debra Borum, Yolanda Baker, Stanley Wiggins and Kaye Orr; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, extended family and friends.

The family would like to send special thanks to UAB Hospital, St. Jude's, Hospice Family Care and Huntsville Hospital.

Pallbearers and Flower Attendants will be Austin High School Class of 1984.