Dougherty-Early County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Grover Carroll  January 8, 2003
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Grover Carroll Jones

COLQUITT — Grover Carroll Jones, 77, of Tallahassee, FL, formerly of Damascus, 
died Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at Hospice House in Mahan Center in 
Tallahassee, FL.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of 
Bradfordville First Baptist Church, 6494 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee, FL, with 
the Rev. Mark O. Wilbanks officiating.

Family and friends will gather at Colquitt Funeral Home at 2:15 p.m. Saturday 
for a 3 p.m. graveside service at Tabb Cemetery with full military honors. Dr. 
Robert McMillan will officiate.

A native of Early County, Mr. Jones was born February 7, 1925. He had retired 
from the U.S. Navy as a Lt. Commander. During his military service, he was an 
aviator, flying dive bombers and Super Constellations as a Hurricane Hunter. He 
also served as a Public Information Officer. He was Executive Director of the 
Pensacola Convention and Visitors' Bureau from 1964-1969. In 1969, he became 
the first Chief of the Bureau of Aviation of the Florida Department of 
Transportation, retiring in 1984. He was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church 
of Tallahassee, FL.

Survivors include his wife, Janice Smith Jones of Tallahassee, FL; daughter, 
Carol Gentry of Atlanta; son and daughter-in-law, James and Kip Jones of 
Atlanta; granddaughter, Julie Silverstein of Pass-A-Grille Beach, FL; three 
stepdaughters and step sons-in-law, Valerie and Mike Reynolds of Tallahassee, 
FL, Kim and Jaime Kendrick of Orlando, FL, and Alicia and Chris Wilson of 
Cypress, Texas; four step grandchildren, Dustin and Darin Reynolds of 
Tallahassee, FL, and Shannon and Aaron Wilson of Cypress, Texas; brother and 
sister-in-law, Bill and Debbie Phillips of Orlando, FL; many beloved nieces and 
nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jacqueline "Bunny" Jones; 
four brothers and a sister.

Active pallbearers will be a military guard.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. today at their home, 2909 
Bayshore Drive, Tallahassee, FL.

The family request memorials be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center 
Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308, in recognition and appreciation of the comfort 
and care provided to him and his family.

Colquitt Funeral Home 

Colquitt 229/758-3571 



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