CW4 Roland Sutton Jones, Sr. (ANG, Ret), 89, of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of the late Annette Strickland Jones died on Friday, May 10, 2013. The relatives and friends of Roland Jones, Sr. are invited to attend his Funeral Service on Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 604 Pitt Street, Mt. Pleasant at 11:00 am. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 12, 2013 at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL from 5:00 until 7:00 PM.
Roland was born on September 3, 1923 in Charleston, South Carolina, son of the late Shelton J. Jones, Sr. and the late Olga Doscher Jones. He served in the United States Army Air Corp in World War II in the 1389th Army Air Force Base Unit from 1943-1946, was a member of the HQ Co 1st Bn, 118 Inf of the South Carolina National Guard, and was a member of the Washington Light Infantry. Roland was a founding member of the Marion Marauders, served as Vice President of the Bay View Civic Club, and served as a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Council. He retired from the South Carolina National Guard as a Staff Administrator Specialist after serving for forty years.
He is survived by his children, Tamara Jones Whitlock and her husband, Rusty, of Mount Pleasant, SC, Kathryn Jones Courtwright and her husband, Vernon, of Checotah, OK, Roland Sutton Jones, Jr. and his wife, Anh, of Raleigh, NC, Alan D. Jones and his wife, Jayne, of Lawrenceville, GA, and Alyssa Jones Watson and her husband, Michael, of Lexington, SC; eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and one on the way, and one sister, Elizabeth Jones Miller of Portland, ME; and two very good friends, Alesha Lockwood and Joy Glover Lance.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 604 Pitt Street, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.
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