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==Background==
==Background==
A Lubbock resident, Jones was a son of R. E. Jones, Sr., and the former Cordelia Booth. He graduated from Lubbock High School and in 1949 [[Texas Tech University]], from which he held a Bachelor of Business Adinistratio degree.<ref name=obit/> He earned his living from [[farming]] and investments. After completing service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in [[World War II]], Jones wed the former Reta A. Womack (July 16, 1923 – March 20, 2014),<ref name=specialelection/> a native of Martha in Jackson County in southwestern [[Oklahoma]]. The two met in Lubbock's only bowling alley at the time. Mrs. Jones was heavily committed to [[Habitat for Humanity]] in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-03-22/reta-jones-wife-former-tex-rep-delwin-remembered-kindness-habitat-work#.VASQe_ldWS8|title=Reta Jones, wife of former Tex Rep. Delwin, remembered for kindness, Habitat work: Donations to Habitat for Humanity are requested in lieu of flowers|date=March 22, 2014|author=R. S. Douglas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
A Lubbock resident, Jones was a son of R. E. Jones, Sr., and the former Cordelia Booth. He graduated from Lubbock High School and in 1949 received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/> He earned his living from [[farming]] and investments. After completing service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in [[World War II]], Jones wed the former Reta A. Womack (July 16, 1923 – March 20, 2014),<ref name=specialelection/> a native of Martha in Jackson County in southwestern [[Oklahoma]]. The two met in Lubbock's only bowling alley at the time. Mrs. Jones was heavily committed to [[Habitat for Humanity]] in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-03-22/reta-jones-wife-former-tex-rep-delwin-remembered-kindness-habitat-work#.VASQe_ldWS8|title=Reta Jones, wife of former Tex Rep. Delwin, remembered for kindness, Habitat work: Donations to Habitat for Humanity are requested in lieu of flowers|date=March 22, 2014|author=R. S. Douglas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
The Joneses had two children, Lanny "Tyler" Jones of Seal Beach, [[California]], and Melodie Aloyce Jones Snodgrass (born October 12, 1952) and husband, Harry Edward Snodgrass (born November 15, 1952) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit/>
The Joneses had two children, Lanny Tyler Jones of Seal Beach, [[California]], and Melodie Aloyce Jones Snodgrass (born October 12, 1952) and husband, Harry Edward Snodgrass (born November 15, 1952) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit/>
==Political life==
==Political life==