Wanda Ruth (Simpson) Jones, age 90, of Concordia, Missouri, passed away December 29, 2021 at her home.

Wanda was born December 6, 1931, in Norris, Henry County, Missouri, to Richard Simpson and Martha Barnard Simpson.  In 1950, Wanda graduated from College High School on the campus of Central Missouri State College while working as a nurse's aid at Warrensburg Medical Center.

On October 21, 1950, she married Lee Roy Jones, a local farm boy and semi-professional baseball player.  They began married life residing in Warrensburg during the winter months and Texas or Minnesota during the baseball season.  After her husband's baseball career ended, they purchased a farm in Johnson County, Missouri where she resided until death.

Wanda loved taking care of her family and the farm.  She enjoyed sewing, playing gin rummy, gardening, and sharing her bountiful garden produce with her neighbors.  Wanda, a devout Christian, liked to visit about her faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Roy; brothers, Ike, Kenneth, and Eddie Simpson; sister Mildena Kerr and brother-in-law Kenny Jones.

She is survived by her son, Coy Jones of the home; daughters Peggy Wood and her husband, Don, of Overland Park, Kansas, and Penny Brookshier and her husband, Michael of Warrensburg; grandchildren Stephen Wood and wife Jessica of Tulsa Oklahoma, Jennifer Wood of Overland Park, Kansas, and Daniel Brookshier and wife Jana of Warrensburg; great grandchildren Joshua Fallah, Gene Brookshier, Hank Brookshier; sister, Jimmy Webb of Osage Beach.  Also surviving are her sisters-in-law, Shirley Jones of Warrensburg, Barbara Simpson of Surf Side Beach, South Carolina, and nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Wanda will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Williams Funeral Chapel in Warrensburg with Rev. Heather Jepsen officiating. Pallbearers are Phillip Bell, Mitchell Bell, Lloyd Bell, Eddie Bracken, James Bracken and James Bell.  Honorary Pallbearers are Mel Kizer, Billy Bell, Jerry Bracken, and Ricky Bracken.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Zion Hill Cemetery and can be left in care of the funeral home.

Arrangements entrusted to Williams Funeral Chapel in Warrensburg.

Online condolences may be left at www.williamsfuneralchapel.net