Senior LDS sister missionary killed in Texas trailer fire
TAYLORSVILLE — Ann Jones of Taylorsville, a senior missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in the church's Texas San Antonio Mission, died Thursday night of injuries suffered in a mobile home fire.
LDS Church officials currently have few details about the incident, but President John Jewkes of the Taylorsville Utah North Stake said he understood that Sister Jones and her husband, Steven, were preparing for bed when the fire broke out. Jewkes said Elder Jones was not injured in the fire.
The couple has been serving in Texas since February, Jewkes said, adding that they were living in a double-wide trailer on a remote ranch owned by members of the LDS Church in Texas.
"Ann Jones was deeply loved by all who knew her," Jewkes said. "She was a wonderful wife and mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint. She was excited to serve the Lord in any way she could. Given the circumstances, it's clear she has been called by Him to a greater work."
Jewkes said that although Jones family members and friends are "shaken by this, they are people of great faith. Their faith in that same gospel that Ann Jones has been preaching on her mission will see them through this."
LDS Church officials currently have few details about the incident, but President John Jewkes of the Taylorsville Utah North Stake said he understood that Sister Jones and her husband, Steven, were preparing for bed when the fire broke out. Jewkes said Elder Jones was not injured in the fire.
Steven and Ann Jones
"Ann Jones was deeply loved by all who knew her," Jewkes said. "She was a wonderful wife and mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint. She was excited to serve the Lord in any way she could. Given the circumstances, it's clear she has been called by Him to a greater work."
Jewkes said that although Jones family members and friends are "shaken by this, they are people of great faith. Their faith in that same gospel that Ann Jones has been preaching on her mission will see them through this."
Mormon sister missionary killed in Texas fire
Updated: 12:38 pm | Published: 12:28 pm
Written by: Dan Metcalf Jr.
Angel Moroni (Todd Petersen, ABC 4 News)
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A sister missionary from Utah died after being burned in a Texas house fire on Friday.
A spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says 69-year-old Ann Baker Jones from Taylorsville, Utah was injured on Thursday in a fire caused by a gas leak in the kitchen of the home where she lived with her husband, Elder Steven K. Jones.
The Jones' were serving in the Texas San Antonio Mission. She passed away on Friday after suffering severe burns. Sister Jones was flown to the Brooks Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio after the accident, where she later passed away with her husband by her side. The Jones had been serving seven months at the time of the accident.
LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter released a statement regard Jones' death, saying:
"We extend our love and sympathy to Elder Jones, his family, friends and ward members. We pray that the Spirit of the Lord will bring them peace, comfort and healing."
A spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says 69-year-old Ann Baker Jones from Taylorsville, Utah was injured on Thursday in a fire caused by a gas leak in the kitchen of the home where she lived with her husband, Elder Steven K. Jones.
The Jones' were serving in the Texas San Antonio Mission. She passed away on Friday after suffering severe burns. Sister Jones was flown to the Brooks Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio after the accident, where she later passed away with her husband by her side. The Jones had been serving seven months at the time of the accident.
LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter released a statement regard Jones' death, saying:
"We extend our love and sympathy to Elder Jones, his family, friends and ward members. We pray that the Spirit of the Lord will bring them peace, comfort and healing."
----Information from: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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