Grady Ronald Jones

Lt. Col. Grady Ronald Jones, age 70, of Winter Garden, Florida died on Tuesday, June 22, at his residence following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 27, at Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church near Tennille, with military honors.  Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate, with burial in Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery.  The family will greet friends at the church from 1:00 P.M. on Sunday until the hour of service.

Colonel Jones was a native of Miami, Florida, the son of the late Thomas Rabon Jones and the late Rosa Lee Trotter Jones.  He held a Master Degree in Education.  Colonel Jones was a retired United States Air Force pilot with twenty years of service.  He was a Vietnam Conflict veteran and a veteran of the Gulf War.    He was a former ROTC Instructor at Lincoln High School in Illinois and River Ridge High School in Florida.

Survivors are his wife, Robin Harvell Jones of Winter Garden, FL; a step daughter, Cortney Miller and her husband Jeffrey also of Winter Garden, FL; a step son, Matthew E. Strossner and his wife Elizabeth of Groveland, FL; four grandchildren; a sister  Clara Lambert of Florida; and two brothers, Mike Jones of Ft. McCoy, FL and Robert Jones of Tampa, FL.

The family suggest donations be made the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of Colonel Jones.

May and Smith Funeral Directors in Sandersville is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be made online at www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com