JAMES BILL JONES, 92, of Paris, TX passed
away on Dec. 12, 2018, with burial in Evergreen
Cemetery at Ranger, TX.
Bill was born June 25, 1926, in Ferris, TX, the son
of Charlie Douglass & Mary Inez McKay Jones. He
graduated from Ranger High School in 1943, and
entered Texas A&M College in 1943. The U.S. Army
drafted him in 1945, and he served in the Recovered
Personnel Detachment which processed Allied soldiers
out of Japanese POW camps and returned German POW's
from the U.S back to Germany. Upon his discharge,
he married June Allen in June of 1947, and finished
his degree at Texas A&M College in 1948. He later
completed a Masters of Education degree at East Texas
State University. Bill taught Veterans at Box Elder,
TX for one semester, and then he and his wife, June,
moved to Silverton, TX, and both taught for one year.
They moved to Detroit, TX, where Bill taught Vocational
Agriculture for three years. While in Detroit their
son, Trent, was born in 1950, and their daughter, Jana,
was born in 1952. Next Bill and the family moved to
Paris and he taught Vocational Agriculture at Central
School in Sumner for three years. He then taught
Vocational Agriculture ten years at East Lamar School
in Pattonville and for ten years at Prairiland High
School. He served six more years as a Vocational
Counselor at Paris High School. After retiring, Bill
enjoyed helping his son, Trent, in farming & ranching.
Bill was preceded in death by June, his wife of 63
years and siblings; Charles Jones (RHS-1943), George
Jones, Mack Jones (RHS-1956) and Wanda Jones England
(RHS-1947).
Survivors include his son, Trent of Paris, his daughter,
Jana Maddux & husband Dave of Frisco; five grandsons,
Allen Jones & wife Kelley and their children Ryan and
Emily June of Mansfield, Russell Jones of Paris, Robert
Jones of Tyler, Scott Maddux & wife Tressa and their
son Judah of Bedford, and Stephen Maddux of Singapore;
one granddaughter, Caroline Maddux Uza & husband Chris
of Richardson; one sister, Joyce Jones Gilley (RHS-1951)
of Weatherford along with several nieces & nephews and
a plethora of friends.