WILMINGTON — Jerre Roper Jones Garnett, 78, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017. Mrs. Garnett was born in Gastonia, N.C., Oct. 2, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Glenn H. and Helen Craig Roper.
Mrs. Garnett received her education from North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., and UNC-Charlotte for BSN and MSN. She was a certified clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health. Mrs. Garnett’s career included Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gaston College, Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., and was a lecturer at UNCW in psychiatric/mental health nursing. Mrs. Garnett was a member of NCNA, ANA, Sigma Theta TAU and Figure Eight Island Yacht Club.
Jerre was preceded in death by her late husband, J.R. “Bill” Garnett. She is survived by her sons, James G. Jones Jr., and his wife, Susan, of Pittsboro, N.C., and Robert Glenn Jones, and his wife, Christie; grandsons, Chase S. and Gunnar B. Jones of Stafford, Va.; sister-in-law, Judy Roper of Grover, N.C.; nephews, James Robert Roper III of Kings Mountain, N.C., and Michael Roper of Gastonia, N.C.; stepchildren, Cheri G. Furr, and her husband, Neal, of Raleigh, N.C., Lisa G. Bernardin, and her husband, Andy, of Columbia, S.C., Chris Garnett, and his wife, Kelly, of Cary, N.C.; grandchildren, Amanda Jordan (Jon) of Charlotte, N.C., Elizabeth Bernardin of Atlanta, Ga., Christopher Bernardin of Columbia, S.C., Christian, Anya and Lilia Garnett of Cary, N.C.; three great-grandchildren, Jackson, Eva and Robert Jordan of Charlotte, N.C.; and the father of her sons, Dr. James G. Jones of Hampstead, N.C.
A funeral service and celebration of Jerre’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 24, at St. Andrews On-the-Sound Episcopal Church, 101 Airlie Road, Wilmington. The family will receive guests in the Parish Hall, immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the UNC-W School of Nursing, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403; or to the charity of one’s choice.
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