Mattie Pearl Jones, 82, of Woodbridge, Virginia passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 with her family by her side.

Born in Huntington West Virginia, she was the fifth (and last) child of Elbert and Mattie Lee Jones. She graduated from Douglass High School in 1957 and received a BA in Education from Marshall University in 1961. After graduation Mattie moved to Toledo, Ohio where she became an elementary school teacher. She taught elementary, middle and high School level English, social studies and career and technical education classes in the Toledo Public Schools for 30 years. In 1993 she retired from teaching and moved to Prince William County Virginia to help care for her first grandson.


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