New Bern, North Carolina
Matilda Lewis Jones
1937 — 2024
Matilda "Tillie" Allen Jones, 86 of New Bern, passed away on March 13, 2024 at her son's home in Foxfire Village, NC. Born on October 10, 1937 in Wilson, North Carolina to the late Glen and Inez Allen, she grew up in Tar Heel, NC. Tillie graduated as valedictorian of her Tar Heel High School class in 1955 and wanted to pursue a career as either an English Teacher or a Meteorologist. She chose to put those dreams on hold and married her high school sweetheart the summer after graduation. It could be said that she became a prototype for the modern "Superwoman" - working full time, caring for her family and her home, keeping the books for her husband's business and always helping anyone in...