Derek J. Jones

Derek J. Jones, 27, of Redby, Minnesota died Saturday, June 18, 2005 at Cloquet, Minnesota.

Cease Family Funeral Home of Blackduck is assisting the family with arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, June 23, 2005 at the Redby Community Church in Redby, Minnesota with Rev. Tom Pollock officiating.  A wake will begin at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 21 at the Redby Community Center and will continue until the services.  Burial will be at the Redby Community Cemetery in Redby, Minnesota.

Active Casketbearers will be Michael Jones, Rodney Stillday, Marc Jones, Gilbert Juarez, Calvin Kingbird, Richard Kingbird, Terry Jourdain and Ricki Jones.

Honorary Casketbearers will be Michael Diver, Brian Jones, Joel Jones, Eugene White, Sr., Garrett Jones, Gordon Jones, Ronald Smith, Bradley Northrup, with alternates Arlyn Statley, Dale Smith, Sr., and Richard Jones.

He was born November 24, 1977 in Red Lake, Minnesota the son of Ronald Smith and Marilyn (Jones) Prescott.  He attended school in Red Lake.  He had worked as a cook at the River Road Casino in Thief River Falls.  He was fun to be around.  He enjoyed to fish, hunt, travel, attend different Pow wows, and being around his friends and family.

He is survived by his mother, Marilyn Jones Prescott of Redby, MN; father, Ronald Smith of Cloquet, MN; two sisters, Shannon Jones, of Redby, MN, and Wanda Northrup, of Cloquet, MN; five brothers, Garrett Lee Jones of Redby, MN, Jason (Barb) Jones of Redby, MN, Bradley Northrup of Cloquet, MN, Cody Jones of Redby, MN, and Brian Jones (Connie) of Red Lake, MN; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Theodore (Pauline) Jones, Paternal grandparents, Abraham (Maggie) Smith and a sister, Lori Pauline Jones.