NELLIE DIGGS JONES, 85, a longtime resident in the Neptune/Asbury Park area, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at JSUMC, Neptune, after living with Alzheimer's Disease. A graduate of A.P.H.S., she was employed by and retired from Fort Monmouth. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Chet Jones; a daughter, Louisa McBee; a sister, Lillie Gibson; and a brother, Nathan Diggs. She is survived by a daughter, Barbara Collins; two sisters, Clair Clark and Marjorie Freeman; a brother, Jeremiah Diggs; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild, relatives and friends. Friends were invited to meet the family on Friday, Oct. 23rd at the VFW Hall in Neptune, to celebrate her life.