Gerald Lynn Jones, Sr. – passed away on September 13, 2008, after a year’s battle with cancer. Mr. Jones was born on August 4, 1942, in Greenville, Mississippi.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bonnie and Louise Jones, formerly of Jackson, Mississippi.
He is survived by his wife, Louise McKinnon Jones, formerly of Gulfport, MS and recently residing in Tokyo, Japan; their two sons, Gerald Lynn Jones, Jr. of Orlando, FL, and Glen Martin Jones of Duluth, MN; three grandchildren, Deshler Keith Jones, McKinnon Bliss Jones, and Stirling Macdonald Jones of Duluth, MN; and his brother, Thomas Leon Jones of Largo, FL.
Mr. Jones graduated from University of Mississippi in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. At the time of his death, he was employed by ExxonMobil as Project Controls Lead assigned to the office in Yokohoma, Japan.
A memorial service will be held on September 27, 2008, at their residence in Melbourne, FL. Interment will be at a later date at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Gulfport, MS.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in memory of Gerald L. Jones, Sr. ...