Babe Ruth Jones II

In the quiet, early morning of December 12, 2020 Babe Ruth Jones Jr. was gently lifted by our Lord and Savior to his Heavenly home. He now walks in joy with Christ after battling a massive stroke. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2020, from 9 am-8 pm and wake from 6 pm - 8 pm at Stumpff Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 17, at 11 am at Spirit Church in Bartlesville, OK. Babe was born September 12, 1955, in Marshall, Texas, the son of Babe Ruth Jones Sr. and Johnnie Pearl (Cato) Jones. He graduated from Marshall High School, Class of 1973. Following graduation, he moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana to attend The Bible Institute. He relocated to Bartlesville, OK to serve as the minister of music for Christ Gospel Church. He also worked at Southwestern Bell and later Phillips Petroleum. On June 15, 1975, he married Linda (Thompson) Jones. Over the years, he worked as the choir director for Greater First Baptist Church, Sitel, and was a musician for Christ Gospel Church in Tulsa. Babe genuinely loved music. His love for music started at a young age. He began playing his family’s piano at the age of four and by the age of fourteen he was leading the church choir. He has played and sang for many different groups over the years including, The Sounds of Joy, Foundation, Youth on the Move for Christ, and The TLB singers. He also wrote numerous Christian songs as well as writing his son’s wedding song. Babe also enjoyed ministering to others, speaking Spanish when you least expected it, and he loved his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Bernado Jones, and Elder L.C. Harris, Sr. and his wife, Fairy Bell Harris who always treated Babe as their own son. Babe will be greatly missed by his son Shannon Jones (and wife Brooke) of Sherman, Texas, his grandchildren Keagan Jones of Tulsa, OK, Tyson Jones of Shawnee, OK, and Treyson Jones of Denton, TX, 2 bonus grandchildren Darian and Vincent Cherry of Tulsa, OK, his great grandchild Greyson Jones of Tulsa, OK, as well as many other family and friends. The family of Babe Ruth Jones Jr. wishes to thank the doctors and nurses at Ascension Jane Phillips Medical Center, Medicalodge, and Comforting Hands Hospice. We would also like to thank the churches and prayer warriors that kept Babe and our family in prayer.

Babe Ruth Jones II

September 12, 1955 - December 12, 2020