Today cohost Sheinelle Jones is mourning the death of her 96-year-old grandma, Josephine Vonceal Pace Brown. "It is with the heaviest heart that I announce the sudden passing of my grandmother," Jones, 47, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, January 3. "She passed early in the morning on New Year's Eve at the age of 96. Anyone who knows me, knows that 'Grandmama,' Josephine Vonceal Pace Brown, was my world." She continued, "[She was] my best buddy, my confidante and my unapologetic cheerleader.