11/02/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Von Jones

Von Alton Jones, Sr.
(02 May 1921 - 29 Oct 2016)

Newport News High School Class of June 1939

We have another Typhoon Angel in heaven: Von Alton Jones, Sr., Class of 39.

   I'm so sorry to learn this, Robert, but thank you for bringing it to our attention! Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

He was a 1939 graduate of Newport News High School. His entire career was associated with work on naval vessels. He began in the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock in 1939.

He served in the the U.S. Navy during WW II from 1944 to 1946.

In addition to his parents, Pearl Lewis Jones and James Henry Daniel Jones, I, Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his dear sister, Uldine Jones McMahon, who lovingly called him “brother” and sister, Jean Jones Aniello.

He is survived by the mother of his children, Rose C. Jones; his children, Ann J. Owens of Maryland; Von A. Jones, Jr.; Margaret J. Gallalee and husband, Roger, of Ayden, NC; Danny Jones of Springfield, VA; Kay J. Lee and husband, Richard, of Ayden; 5 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, several great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

He is also survived by his long-time friend, Joel Atkins.

The family would like to thank the staff and nurses at Brookdale Senior Living and Community Home Care and Hospice, who cared for him. We would also like to extend a special thanks to Jonna Gurganus and Denise Turnage.

In lieu of flowers and the “other stuff” (his words), Von’s wish was, in his words, “You are never too old to learn, make a contribution to a Community College of your choice, that is where the foundation of education begins.”

Published in the Virginian Pilot on November 1, 2016. View Guest Book

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