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Twice Jones has received the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce "Citizen of the Year" award. In a CU press release university president Michael V. Carter describes Jones, accordingly, “Dr. Jones has a pastor’s heart, a servant’s humility and the passion of an evangelist and missionary. He is one of the fine pulpiteers of Southern Baptist life today. He has demonstrated servant leadership all of his life and continues to do so to this very day as he gives of himself in service to his Lord, his family and his community.” Carter's remarks accompanied the presentation in 2011 to Dr. Jones of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award by Campbellsville University.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=44624|title=Campbellsville University presents Algernon S. Sullivan Awards|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|date=May 27, 2011|author=Elena Groholske|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 1982, Jones published ''The Implementation of a Perennial Program of Evangelism.''<ref name=prabook/>

Twice Jones has received the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce "Citizen of the Year" award. In a CU press release university president Michael V. Carter describes Jones, accordingly, “Dr. Jones has a pastor’s heart, a servant’s humility and the passion of an evangelist and missionary. He is one of the fine pulpiteers of Southern Baptist life today. He has demonstrated servant leadership all of his life and continues to do so to this very day as he gives of himself in service to his Lord, his family and his community.” Carter's remarks accompanied the presentation in 2011 to Dr. Jones of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award by Campbellsville University.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=44624|title=Campbellsville University presents Algernon S. Sullivan Awards|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|date=May 27, 2011|author=Elena Groholske|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 1982, Jones published ''The Implementation of a Perennial Program of Evangelism.''<ref name=prabook/>

On the fiscal court, Jones, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], worked for the completion in 2009 of the $15 million Taylor County Judicial Center in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courtprograms/judicialconstruction/Pages/Taylor.aspx|title=Judicial Center Construction: Taylor County Judicial Center|publisher=courts.ky.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Jones defeated an intra-party challenger, Anthony Hash, in the Republican [[primary]] to hold on to his fiscal court seat. Jones now faces the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Harris in the November 6 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/young-allen-meet-mayor-fall|title=Young, Allen to meet for mayor in fall|author=Jeff Moreland|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>

On the fiscal court, Jones, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], worked for the completion in 2009 of the $15 million Taylor County Judicial Center in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courtprograms/judicialconstruction/Pages/Taylor.aspx|title=Judicial Center Construction: Taylor County Judicial Center|publisher=courts.ky.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Jones defeated an intra-party challenger, Anthony Hash, in the Republican [[primary]] to hold on to his fiscal court seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/young-allen-meet-mayor-fall|title=Young, Allen to meet for mayor in fall|author=Jeff Moreland|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref> Jones, a month before his 84th birthday, then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Harris in the November 6 general election for another term on the fiscal court. Jones polled 1,145 votes (73.4 percent) to Harris' 415 (26.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/allen-wins-mayor-smith-new-judge|title=Allen wins mayor, Smith is new judge; Skaggs wins circuit court clerk race over Burress; Marcum re-elected as county jailer|author=Zac Oakes|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref>a

Jones is married to the former Martha Elizabeth Bell (born 1937), who attended school in Chilton County in central Alabama. The couple has  two daughters, Angela and Darlene; a son, Byron E. Jones (born 1963), and five grandchildren.<ref name=bio/>

Jones is married to the former Martha Elizabeth Bell (born 1937), who attended school in Chilton County in central Alabama. The couple has  two daughters, Angela and Darlene; a son, Byron E. Jones (born 1963), and five grandchildren.<ref name=bio/>