June 15, 1937 – April 30, 2025
Amanda Root, 87, of Oolitic, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Born June 15, 1937, in Laurel County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of John Stanley and Bertha (Moore) Jones. She married Orville H. Root on December 23, 1958, and he passed away before her on May 16, 1977. She had been an assembler for RCA
Survivors include four daughters, Christian Weaver and Carolena Harrison, both of Bedford, Rosanna Turner of Oolitic, and Vanessa Caudill of London, KY; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, with one on the way; two great-great-grandchildren, with one on the way.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Darlena Kelley; five sisters, Sarah Witt, Dorothy Witt, Venice Creech, Ruby Jones (in infancy), and Delia Smith; four brothers, Paul Jones, Clarence Eugene Jones, Charles E. Jones, and John Stanley Jones, Jr.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Richard Tallman officiating. Burial will follow in Patton Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 5th, at the Day & Carter Mortuary.
Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
