Mrs. Hattie Mae Jones , departed this earthly life and entered eternal rest on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Riverside Regional Medical Center Newport News, VA. She was 96 years of age.

Hattie Mae White was born June 14, 1928, in Scotland Neck, NC., to the late Fred and Tenner White.  She was the youngest of 10 siblings. She was educated through Halifax County schools.

She later met and married the late Stephen W. Jones, Sr. and relocated to Virginia. To this union 9 children, 24 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren were born.

Hattie was an In-home Daycare Provider for the Newport News Department of Social Service for 22 years. She was a neighborhood mother to many sharing her love, words of wisdom, and prayers with those who knew her.  She became affectionately known in the downtown Newport News Community as "Mama Jones" .  She was also known and loved by many for her down-home, North Carolina, cooking skills. Her home and kitchen were always opened to family and friends. She was a woman of prayer and the matriarchal pillar in her family. She was a strong, resilient, leader and the epitome of elegance.

Hattie was a long-standing member of Zion Baptist Church.  In her earlier years, she served as a member of the Zion Baptist Missionary Board and the Golden Age Club. Prior to her passing she was one of the oldest living members at ZBC.  Hattie was a woman who feared the Lord and praised Him expressively and unashamedly.

She was preceded in death by her parents Fred and Tenner White, her husband Stephen Jones, Sr., one son Jimmy Jones, a grandson, Dontae (Don) Hardy, and eight of her siblings.

Hattie is survived by her sister and best friend, Mrs. Ernestine Little; her daughters, Laura Jones, Miriam Harrison, Neta Synigal, Brenda Jones, Janice Taylor (Rashard), Patrice Hawkins (Frank) and her sons, Stephen Jones, Jr. (Regina), and Plummer (Earl) Jones. A host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.  She also leaves to cherish in her memory her beloved nieces, cousins, extended family, a dear friend… Ms. Charlotte Clark, and a host of others.

Viewing will be held Friday, March 28, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Cooke Bros. Funeral Chapel, 1601-27th Street, Newport News, Va. A funeral service will be held 12 Noon, Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Zion Baptist Church, 633-20th Street, Newport News, Va. Interment will follow in Hampton Memorial Gardens.