LOVED ONE | David Franklin Jones Sr.
DATES | November 2, 1939 – December 29,2011
CEMETERY | Camp Creek, Homerville, Clinch Co., GA
LOCATION IN CEMETERY | From the church first coped lot.
FUNERAL HOME | Music Funeral Services, 88 West Main Street, Lakeland, GA 31635 – t: 229 482 3385
David F. Jones, 72, of Leary died unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, December 29, 2011. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, Dec.31, 2011 at Harvey Funeral Chapel with Rev. Scott Tomlinson officiating. Burial will follow at 4:00 P.M. at the Camp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery near Lakeland, Georgia.
David was born in Folkston on Nov. 2, 1939, son of the late Thomas Scott Jones and Letha Jackson Jones. He was raised in Lakeland, attended public schools there and in Clinch County graduating from Clinch Co. High School before attending Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
He was employed for many years with Bermuda Plantation in Leary, with Albany Tractor Company of Albany and Dawson and currently was employed with J. & B. Irrigation of Morgan. He was a Baptist and a member of the Sportsman’s Club of Albany.
His favorite hobby was fishing, and he had many fishing buddies all over Georgia, Florida and the Southeast. He never met a stranger and always had great fishing stories to tell.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, David F. Jones, Jr. and a sister, Patsy K. Lee.
Survivors include his loving wife of 49 years, Trish Kyser Jones of Leary, two daughters, Rhonda J. Carlisle (Freddie)of Dawson, and Amy J. Crutchfield,(Tommy)of Lexington, SC, a sister, Cathy Sirmans (Randy) of Lakeland, four granddaughters, Tyler Carlisle, Claire Carlisle, Garrett Crutchfield, and Greta Crutchfield.