W. Wise Swepston Jones, Sr., 76, died Tuesday December 18, 2012 at his home. He was born December 22, 1935 to Egbert A. and Willie Wise S. Jones.
He is survived by his wife Melissa Brinker Jones, his children W Wise S Jones, Jr and his wife Sharon, K. Wesley M. Jones and his wife Ruth Mary, and Minta Jones Ford and her husband Price as well as his grandchildren Christie, Wesley, Russell, Sophie, Rebecca, Price, Emily and Audrey.
Mr. Jones was the founder and owner of the Swepston Jones Companies.
He grew up in Crawfordsville, Arkansas and went to undergraduate school at the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas. He obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of Arkansas. He pursued an advanced business degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. An active civic volunteer, Mr. Jones was Past Chairman of Carnival Memphis and of the Grand Krewe of Memphi.
Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. Friday, December 21st in the Parish Hall of St. John's Episcopal Church. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. John's.
Canale Funeral Directors 901.452.6400 www.canalefuneraldirectors.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 21, 2012
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Wise Jones was one of the folksingers whose recordings appear in the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection. Links to four of his songs, accompanying himself on guitar, recorded March 25, 1958 at Fayetteville, when he was a student at the University of Arkansas, may be found here: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/indexsinger.aspx?Letter=W
(info courtesy of Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips)
He is survived by his wife Melissa Brinker Jones, his children W Wise S Jones, Jr and his wife Sharon, K. Wesley M. Jones and his wife Ruth Mary, and Minta Jones Ford and her husband Price as well as his grandchildren Christie, Wesley, Russell, Sophie, Rebecca, Price, Emily and Audrey.
Mr. Jones was the founder and owner of the Swepston Jones Companies.
He grew up in Crawfordsville, Arkansas and went to undergraduate school at the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas. He obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of Arkansas. He pursued an advanced business degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. An active civic volunteer, Mr. Jones was Past Chairman of Carnival Memphis and of the Grand Krewe of Memphi.
Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. Friday, December 21st in the Parish Hall of St. John's Episcopal Church. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. John's.
Canale Funeral Directors 901.452.6400 www.canalefuneraldirectors.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 21, 2012
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Wise Jones was one of the folksingers whose recordings appear in the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection. Links to four of his songs, accompanying himself on guitar, recorded March 25, 1958 at Fayetteville, when he was a student at the University of Arkansas, may be found here: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/indexsinger.aspx?Letter=W
(info courtesy of Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips)
W. Wise Swepston Jones, Sr., 76, died Tuesday December 18, 2012 at his home. He was born December 22, 1935 to Egbert A. and Willie Wise S. Jones.
He is survived by his wife Melissa Brinker Jones, his children W Wise S Jones, Jr and his wife Sharon, K. Wesley M. Jones and his wife Ruth Mary, and Minta Jones Ford and her husband Price as well as his grandchildren Christie, Wesley, Russell, Sophie, Rebecca, Price, Emily and Audrey.
Mr. Jones was the founder and owner of the Swepston Jones Companies.
He grew up in Crawfordsville, Arkansas and went to undergraduate school at the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas. He obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of Arkansas. He pursued an advanced business degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. An active civic volunteer, Mr. Jones was Past Chairman of Carnival Memphis and of the Grand Krewe of Memphi.
Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. Friday, December 21st in the Parish Hall of St. John's Episcopal Church. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. John's.
Canale Funeral Directors 901.452.6400 www.canalefuneraldirectors.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 21, 2012
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Wise Jones was one of the folksingers whose recordings appear in the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection. Links to four of his songs, accompanying himself on guitar, recorded March 25, 1958 at Fayetteville, when he was a student at the University of Arkansas, may be found here: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/indexsinger.aspx?Letter=W
(info courtesy of Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips)
He is survived by his wife Melissa Brinker Jones, his children W Wise S Jones, Jr and his wife Sharon, K. Wesley M. Jones and his wife Ruth Mary, and Minta Jones Ford and her husband Price as well as his grandchildren Christie, Wesley, Russell, Sophie, Rebecca, Price, Emily and Audrey.
Mr. Jones was the founder and owner of the Swepston Jones Companies.
He grew up in Crawfordsville, Arkansas and went to undergraduate school at the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas. He obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of Arkansas. He pursued an advanced business degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. An active civic volunteer, Mr. Jones was Past Chairman of Carnival Memphis and of the Grand Krewe of Memphi.
Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. Friday, December 21st in the Parish Hall of St. John's Episcopal Church. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. John's.
Canale Funeral Directors 901.452.6400 www.canalefuneraldirectors.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 21, 2012
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Wise Jones was one of the folksingers whose recordings appear in the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection. Links to four of his songs, accompanying himself on guitar, recorded March 25, 1958 at Fayetteville, when he was a student at the University of Arkansas, may be found here: https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/indexsinger.aspx?Letter=W
(info courtesy of Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips)
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