Hall of Fame
Laura was born in Dayton, Ohio. She graduated from Roosevelt High School and entered Morgan College in 1934.
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Laura played and excelled in every sport made available to women at Morgan. She was a super basketball player and captain of the team. She was also intramural champion in tennis and ping-pong.
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Her campus activities included membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority(Severed as Basilus), Pi Lambda Psi Honor Society (treasurer), Dramatic Club (president), Y.W.C.A (president), Women's League (president), and the Pan-Hellenic Council (secretary). She sang with the Women's Sextette of the Choral Club and was winner in the baldwin and Omega Oratorical contests.
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In 1938, Laura was May Queen at her Alma Mater and earned citation in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. She attended Columbia University in pursuit of a degree in counseling.
At the death of her husband, she assumed the position of manager and co-owner of the Jones Brothers Funeral Home in Dayton, Ohio.
