Mrs. Roxilea “Roxie” Jones Goble passed away peacefully at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Friday, July 2, 2021, surrounded by family.
She was born at Coker Hospital in Canton, March 17, 1935. She was raised by her late parents, Elizabeth Archer Jones and Henry Grady Jones.
She attended Pickens County schools until she was 15 and then attended the Westminister School in Atlanta. After high school, she attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, La., where she joined the Phi Mu Sorority like her mother and three sisters. She was president of Doris Hall.
She married Joseph Homer Goble Jr. Nov. 20, 1955, in her parents’ home in Jasper. They had three children, Joseph Homer Goble III, Dr. Henry Grady Goble and Roxann Elizabeth Goble Manley. Her husband, Joe, was in the United States Air Force, and they spent 25 years moving around the world. She stayed busy raising their three children and being an “Air Force Wife.” She held many positions in the Officer’s Wives Club. She was president of the Albany, Georgia PTA School Council where she had PTAs in 15 schools. She collected for all charities. Throughout the years, she was a very active member in the Episcopal Church.
She loved everywhere they lived and loved the people she met.
After Joe retired from the Air Force, they settled down in Gainesville, in a house on the lake that had been the family vacation home for years. She spent hours entertaining her young grandchildren all over that property. She also continued her strong community involvement.
In Gainesville, she was a member and president of the Fine Arts Study Club, Crabapple Garden Club and especially Grace Episcopal Church. She spent 20 years as a Sunday school teacher and helped with the children’s chapel.
She is preceded in death by parents, Henry Grady Jones and Elizabeth Archer Jones; son, Joseph Homer Goble III; sisters, Sarah Jones Gartrell and Sue Jones Ward.
She is survived by husband, Joseph Homer Goble Jr., of Gainesville; son and daughters-in-law, Dr. Henry (Ann) Grady Goble, of Gainesville; Roxann Elizabeth Goble Manley, of Athens, and Nellie Goble, of Talking Rock; grandchildren, Michael Wayne Manley Jr., Elizabeth Ann Manley, Ava Goble Reeves and Jackson Archer Goble; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Grace Episcopal Church 422 Brenau Ave., N.E., Gainesville, GA 30501.
Condolences can be made at www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.
Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel Funeral Home in Gainesville was in charge of arrangements.