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Note: "Jones" English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John).
The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Note:
Name: Thomas B Jones Jr.
Home in 1920: Montgomery Ward 7, Montgomery, Alabama [121 Clanton Avenue]
Age: 1 year 6 months [9 Jan 1920]
Estimated birth year: abt 1918
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Thomas B
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Mother's name: Mary Elizabeth
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Image: 493
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas B Jones 43 [Father]
Mary Elizabeth Jones 31 [Mother]
Mary Kathryn Jones 4 [Sister]
Thomas B Jones 1 6/12 [self]
Sarah T Jones 69 [Grandmother]
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Montgomery Ward 7, Montgomery, Alabama; Roll: T625_36; Page: 4A;
Enumeration District: 111; Image: 493.
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Name: Thomas Jones
Home in 1930: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama [110 Maryland Street]
Age: 12 [3 Apr 1930]
Estimated birth year: abt 1918
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: T B Jones
Mother's name: Elizabeth Jones
Household Members:
Name Age
T B Jones 52 [father]
Elizabeth Jones 40 [mother]
Kathrine Jones 14 [sister]
Thomas Jones 12 [self]
Dorothy Jones 10 [sister]
Edna Jones 7 [sister]
John Jones 5 [brother]
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama;
Roll: 43; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 837.0.
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1940 United States Federal Census April 2, 1940
Name: Thomas B Jones Junior
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
Street: Georgia
House Number: 3
Inferred Residence in 1935: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Jones 62
Mary E Jones 50
Corine J Jones 24 [Katherine]
Thomas B Jones 21
Dorothy E Jones 19
Endna J Jones 16
John J Jones 13
James P Jones 9
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama; Roll: T627_67; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 51-16.
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Married: Martha Rita Rhodes on Nov. 30 1940
They had three children, Bonnie Rita Elizabeth, Thomas Benjamin, Nov. 26 1945 and A little girl, Susan Maria, who was stillborn.
Note: As a teenager he contributed to the support of the family by
working odd jobs and as an usher in local theaters. With the
electrification of the South, he became an apprentice electrician for "Mosley's Electrabode" (which meant Mosley's house of electricity) wiring houses. Then Powell Electric by 1942 according to his draft registration card.
He served two years in the United States Navy. Jan.1944 to Jan. 1946
as an Electrician's Mate and was stationed (among other places) on the Island of Guam in the South Pacific. Just prior to being drafted into the Navy, he worked in Oak Ridge, Tennessee wiring buildings used in "The Manhattan Project".
He was an extremely gifted individual in the area of manual arts; it seemed that there was nothing he couldn't do and do well. He single handedly built an apartment addition (plumbing et al) onto his sister Katherine's house to be a living quarters for his parents, and enclosed a front porch to serve as an additional bedroom for Katherine's children. He also
built several additions onto his own home including concrete drive and patio. In the late 1940's early 1950's he worked as an electrician for the
Atlantic Coastline Railroad and was responsible for maintaining the
electric generators and controls and all other electrical apparatus on
their trains.
He was a master electrician , and over the years was the supervisor
on various large construction projects. His last project was the
Farley Nuclear Facility near Dothan, Alabama. He retired in 1980.
He died September 1, 1994 after being in a coma for a year and a
half following a heart valve replacement procedure.
This is the eulogy by his son:
Whenever someone close to us dies, we grieve, and we ask the question "Why?". Why did it have to be this particular person? I am sure that here are many reasons God calls someone when He does, but perhaps this little story will serve to answer some of these questions today. I am sure that it will come as no surprise to you to hear that over the past few decades the population of the world has been steadily increasing. This is a good thing, but it has made for an increased demand for heavenly mansions. The Lord, being omniscient, foresaw this need and decided back in 1959 to expand the various neighborhood projects in
heaven. He needed someone to paint these new facilities, so He looked down on earth and found a painting contractor that had excelled in his trade. This was, of course, Tom B. Jones, who was known to most of us as "Boppa"...a name hung on him by Eileen Sagan because she was too young to pronounce "Poppa". So the Lord called Tom and put him to work lining up the necessary supplies and manpower to get the job of painting the new mansions done.
As time went on the demand of the job caused Tom to weary just a little, and Tom started missing his dear Mary Elizabeth. So in 1975 the Lord saw fit to bring our "Mamaw"
up to Tom, figuring that she could probably put a little more spark into Tom, and could help him organize the other workers. This idea would have worked just fine, but "Mamaw" was never that great of an organizer, so Edna was brought up to handle the work assignments and find accommodations for those that had come up before the new mansions were ready for occupancy. Since there was a growing number of people arriving that had no special skills, Dorothy was brought up to teach a course
in cooking angel food cake so that free time could be used constructively. Now we all know that "Mamaw" got the names of her children confused from time to time, so it is no wonder that when The Lord was looking for someone to fix the much overloaded electrical system in heaven, she said "Well, get my son John up here, he can fix anything." So The Lord brought John up and asked him how he would go about fixing the electrical system, and John, with a confused look, said "I thought you had brought me up here to sing for
you, I don't know anything about electricity. Whenever I needed some electrical work done, I always called Tommy, he is the absolute best."
And this, then, is what brings us here today...The Lord had a need and He will not be denied. The rest us will miss Tommy, but someday soon we will be with him again and bask in the soft glow of heavens light. Until then, whenever you see
the lightning flash, just smile and say "Well, there is another short-circuit Tommy will be working on soon."
...written by Tom B. Jones, III
3/31/93 in anticipation of his death at the time he was removed from life support, but he fooled us all and lived another six months.
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