CONE, Ruth Jones,4285 90, Seminole, Fla., passed away Sunday, May 20, 2007, under the case of Hospice at Suncoast Hospital in Largo, Fla. She was born September 16, 1916, in Tifton, Calif., to the late J. Dana Jones and Mary Agnes Whitten Jones. She was a homemaker and a Protestant. She graduated Ocala High School in 1934 and resided in Tampa for 53 years prior to moving to Seminole in 2003. She is preceded in death by her husband, John Randolph Cone; son, Daniel B. Cone and grandson, Randolpn A. Cone.

Survivors include her son, John R."Dolph" Cone III, St. Petersburg, Fla., and daughters, Ruth Jacalyn Cutrell, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Patricia Jean Lucas, Gaithersburg, Md.; grandchildren, Candace Belchik, Lori Speckman, Cheryl Vanloon, Daniel Y. Cone, Christopher Lucas, Patrick Cone, Robert Cone, Healther Fussell and 16 great-grandchildren.

Private graveside services will be conducted at a later date at Historic Prospect Cemetery in Hamilton County, Fla. Memorial gifts maybe made to The Hospice of the Suncoast of Florida, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33760 or your favorite House of Worship or charity.