Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....JONES, LUTHER A. February 26, 2005
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News Star World - March 1, 2005
MR. LUTHER A. JONES

Kilpatrick Funeral Home - Monroe, LA.

A memorial service for Mr. Luther A Jones, 87, will be at 2:00pm Tuesday, 
March 1, 2005 at First United Methodist Church on Loop Rd. in Monroe. 
Officiating will be Rev. Larry Stafford and Rev. Terry Love.
Mr. Jones was born in Epps, La. on Dec. 7, 1917 to parents Luther A Jones, Sr. 
and Della Virginia Moore Jones, and passed away on Feb. 26 at North Monroe 
Medical Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Anne Goodwin Jones, and his 
brother Murrell Jones.
Mr. Jones is survived by three sons, Charles Jones of Mar tinez, Georgia; 
Ronald Jones of Two Rivers, Wisconsin; Barry Jones of Arlington, Texas; and 
three grandchildren, Alexis Jones, Michael Jones and Matthew Jones. He is also 
sur vived by his loving "Monroe family", which includes his de voted niece and 
caregiver, Pam Hill and her husband Fred; great niece, Kim Hill DeWitt, whom 
he loved to hear sing, and husband Ron; great nephew, Jeff Hill and wife Sha; 
and great nephew, Stevie Hill and wife Kelly. He is also survived by several 
other nieces and nephews, many oth er great nieces and nephews and great great 
nieces and nephews, as well as his long time friend and faithful fishing 
companion, George Hayes.
Mr. Jones served his country during World War II as a B29 pilot stationed on 
Guam flying for the 39th Bomber Group, 314th Bomb Wing with the 20th Air 
Force. He was commander of the Flying Fortress "City of Monroe". In all he 
flew more than 20 missions and the "City of Monroe" was one of several B29's 
that flew cover over Tokyo when the Japanese signed surrender papers on the 
Battle ship Missouri in September of 1945.
During his distinguished flying career he was awarded the American Defense 
Ribbon with the Bronze Service Star, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the 
Air Medal with two oak clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak 
cluster, two Distinguished Unit Citations and had Battle Participation Credit 
for the Eastern Mandate Campaign. By the end of his military service he had 
attained the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Mr. Jones graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, attended Northeast 
Junior College in Monroe and graduated from Louisiana Tech in Ruston. He 
obtained his master's degree from LSU in Baton Rouge. After obtaining his 
education he taught high school in Lake Charles until his retirement, at which 
time he moved back to Monroe.
Mr. Jones' family wishes to express sincere appreciation to many people for 
their love, care and concern for him which helped make the last few years of 
his life active and happy.
First, thanks go to the pastors and members of First Methodist who so readily 
took him in when he joined a few years ago. He loved his church and he 
especially loved the music of "Sound Faith".
Thanks also to his longtime physician, Dr. David Burkett and his wonderful 
caring staff. Their care of him was always "above and beyond".
Then there's the Aviation and Military Museum of which he was a member. He was 
their "resident World War II expert" and he spent many happy hours there 
answering questions of the visitors. Curator, Jerry Smith and his staff always 
ap preciated his input and made him feel so welcome.
Thanks also to the staff and residents of the North Louisiana War Veterans 
Home. He so appreciated the care the staff gave to him and he thoroughly 
enjoyed the camaraderie with the other veterans.
Luther loved his family and loved life but he also loved the Lord and he was 
ready to go home. He will be missed by so many people who loved and respected 
him.
Visitation will be 1:00 PM until service time at the church.
The family request that instead of flowers, memorials be made to First United 
Methodist Church, 3900 Loop Road in Monroe, or the Aviation and Military 
Museum, PO Box 13113, Monroe, Louisiana 71213.

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