Collinsville, Oklahoma
April 4, 2015
Trevor Jones Obituary
Funeral For Collinsville High School Freshmas Was April 4th
Trevor Alan Jones

Born: February 24, 2000
Died: March 31, 2015

On February 24th, 2000. God smiled down upon us on this earth and chose to make our world a more beautiful and perfect place with the birth of Trevor Alan Jones. The bible teaches us that our God is a jealous God and on March 31st. 2015 our God brought Trevor home to be with him at the age of 15 years and 7 days.

Trevor is survived by his parents, Jeff and Lisa Jones, sister and brother Alissa and Jackson Jones of the home in Collinsville Oklahoma. Trevor is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law Tyler and Candace Oslin, nephew and niece Bentley Brown and Paisley Oslin of Collinsville, Ok. A Grandmother Patsy Holmes of Collinsville, Oklahoma and Grandparents Jerry and Sandy Jones of Claremore, Oklahoma as well as a great host of uncles, aunts, cousins and many friends and loved ones.

Trevor was preceded in death by his Grandfather Edward “Sonny” Holmes an Uncle Alan Holmes and a cousin Jayme Pollard all of Collinsville Oklahoma.

Over the years Trevor was involved in boy scouts, band, football, baseball, track, wrestling and possessed a passion and a true gift for the guitar. To some of us he was the “T-Man”, to his Dad he was always “Hot Rod”.

We only have to look but for a short time to see our many flaws and imperfections exposed. While we do our best to overlook them and even ignore them, they exist and they’re very real.

The reality and maybe even the irony of how we’re viewed is really just a matter of perception. If we can take the time to look at things carefully we begin to struggle to see those imperfections. Those flaws begin to slowly fade way.

The clarity of perception will offer the reality of a perfect and beautiful young man. A heart full of sincerity and compassion that on our best of days we can only hope to posses. A mind full of imagination and artistry that most of us can never dream of understanding. A boundless array of gifts and talents that many of us will spend our lives trying to pursue but will never be able to call our own.

We start to see a future full of promise and hope. A world at your fingertips that was yours for the taking. The endless possibilities and achievements just waiting to be had. We can see traits that would serve us all well to incorporate into our own lives.

We really don’t have to look all that hard to find that God had given us a bright and shining star. A wonderful beacon of light that proved to brighten all of our lives. An excellent example of the type of person we should all strive harder to be. Someone that even at such a young age was still more of a man that most of us will ever hope to be.

Sadly you were given a worried and troubled mind and you struggled to find a better way. And while you may have never seen it in yourself, we can all clearly see that you were much more than us. Someone bigger than us. Someone much better than us.

God, we thank you for your gift. Because of our time with Trevor, our eyes are opened wider. Our hearts a little fuller. Our lives a little brighter.

Visitation will be 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday April 3, 2015 at the Collinsville Dolton Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Collinsville.


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Although our hearts are broken, they are so full of love from the outstanding and overwhelming abundance of love and support that we have received from our family, friends and community.

To fully repay such kindness as we have received is impossible, except to respond to others in the same manner when the need again arises.

Thank you to our cherished family, treasured friends and loving community. We are proud and honored to be a part of your lives, and wish to thank you all for your love and support.

-- The Jones Family (4/3/2015)
Cardinals Against Bullying 4/1/2015 (Facebook)

* For the Jones Family* In lieu of flowers they ask that you please donate to a benefit account that is now open at American Bank Of Oklahoma in Collinsville for the family of Trevor Jones. Please share this post so everyone will know. Thank you!

If you are not able to go to the bank they do have a P.O Box set up where you can mail donations, cards etc..
Jones Family
P.O Box 66
Collinsville, OK 74021
I work at American Bank of Oklahoma and I wanted to let you know that we have opened a benefit account for Trevor Jones family. He is the Collinsville freshman who took his own life yesterday morning. If you would please post on your website that the family is asking for donations into the account in lieu of flowers.

I appreciate your help. Thank you, Jennifer Snider (4/1/2015)

The students of Collinsville Christian Church will be doing a balloon launch tonight at 8 p.m. at the church in honor of Trevor Jones. Anyone is welcome to come and participate. You can bring your own helium filled balloon or we will have number of balloons available. We will have markers also so you can write a message on your balloon. Church is at 7 p.m. Balloon launch is at 8 p.m. Please pass the word -- Bob Haywood 4/1/2015
Trevor Alan Jones (Born: February 24, 2000 -- Died: March 31, 2015) -- Visitation will be 2-8pm. Friday April 3, 2015 at the Collinsville Dolton Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 10am Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Collinsville.
Oklahoma State Senate
Senator Rick Brinkley
Chair, Pensions --
Senate District 34

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- April 2, 2015

Senate Update by Sen. Rick Brinkley

Most days legislation is presented in committee or on the floor and one looks at each bill and considers its merits. Other days, however, one looks at that legislation through a different set of eyes. Those are the pieces of legislation that are personal. Interestingly though, they may not have been personal just a day before. This week we addressed one of those pieces of legislation.

During Wednesday’s Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. AJ Griffin, R-Guthrie, presented House Bill 1684 which provided much needed amendments to a nearly twenty-year-old law requiring each school to have a “Safe School Committee.” These committees allow committee members to assess the needs of the school in order to protect their students and to meet their safety needs. The committee then makes recommendations to the principal, administrators, and school board. Decisions can then be made at the local level on what will or will not be implemented.

The conversation among the committee members was good and additional amendments were drafted and accepted to try to make the legislation better. But for me, it was more than just words on a piece of paper. Questions and debate blurred into issues related to “local control” and the ability to guarantee to “age appropriateness” of the materials provided to the students.

The reason that this bill was different on this particular day was because we as a district lost a student who appears to have taken his own life just about 24 hours before we took up this matter. The issues related to “safe schools,” “meeting the needs,” “addressing situations,” “providing education,” etc. all took on new meanings. The measure was not words on pieces of paper. The words were lives reflected through a passion in legislators to provide a means for schools to accurately assess and address what they believe to be important and necessary to help in protecting the lives of those we all serve, our children.

In the coming days, the law will hopefully pass the full Senate and be sent to the House to accept Senate amendments and then it will go on to the governor to be signed into law. Hopefully it will meet the needs of some student in the years to come.

In the meantime, we must remember there’s no greater grief than the loss of a child. In the midst of your angst and anger over the littlest of things going on in your life to those things you somehow believe to be great, know your children and grandchildren are alive and bringing you joy by their mere existence. Tonight, those we know and those we love struggle to sleep knowing tomorrow they awake to find the nightmare they experienced of losing a children is real. Stand in the gap with love and prayer for those who need it most.

These are the days that words on a piece of legislation or words printed in a newspaper can never adequately describe what is at stake and how blessed we are that those we love are with us.

And hug and love your children a little more today than you did yesterday.

As always, please feel free to contact me at the state Capitol by calling (405) 521-5566 or by emailing brinkley@oksenate.gov.

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My heart aches for a young man who took his own life yesterday. My heart aches for his family, his classmates, his teachers and his community as we move forward. I don't know his circumstances or his particular struggle, but offer that there are many people who care deeply and can offer assistance to anyone who approaches a point when things may seem hopeless. We all may struggle through rough patches and may focus on negativity (here and globally) ... but what an amazing time to be alive. We each have a different number of years to contribute to help improve our world and help those about us. Don't waste your opportunity or potential ... today or each tomorrow. -- Ted Wright -- 5:45am April 1, 2015
I have no additional information other than it was a 9th grade boy. -- Ted 9:15pm Tuesday
At approximately 10:00 a.m. this morning, our local Police Department notified Collinsville Public Schools that one of our students passed away while at home. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this time. The school has made arrangements for its students and staff to have access to appropriate counselors. The counselors began seeing students and staff this afternoon and will be made available as long as needed. Please join us as we support our entire school community through this crisis. -- Lance West (Superintendent) 3/31/2015
Editorial -- this personal opinion should probably go on Facebook rather than cvilleok but I feel strongly enough to wade in here. I'm seeing my Facebook newsfeed lit up today with many jumping on the bandwagon of an online petition to "outlaw" bullying. I am against bullying, it is wrong and just about any "mature" youth or adult knows it is wrong. I don't understand why it exists, and why anyone would want to make someone else feel bad. The results are tragic. But the solution should be more about improving peoples attitudes and knowledge of the results ... rather than expecting more laws to "fix" the problem. I don't know the correct solution, but expecting our legislators to find the right words to cover the complex everyday interaction of students between themselves and adults and not over-criminalize being a kid is way more than I can expect. Sending a kid to prison for being a bully is just another tragedy and who among us is wise enough to decide the fate of anyone involved. -- Ted Wright 4/3/2015 -- noon
Clarifications: I should have said "felonize" rather than "outlaw" as I assume there are already some level of laws against bullying? And again I'm not taking about a specific case, as I have no specifics. If there was bullying in this (or any other) case, then that person or persons should be punished. I am skeptical that a single definition of "felony bullying" wouldn't potentially also lead to mis-applications of a well intended law that punishes people (any age) for "light hearted" polking fun (April Fools Days pranks for example) instead of just the intended "mean spirited" bullying and will it alway be clear which is which? -- Ted -- midnight