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==Background==

==Background==

Jones was the older son of the late Jessie Holman Jones and the former Maggie Williams. His brother, John Roland Jones, preceded him in death. Jones was a descendant of the Thomas Welch family, one of the first seven families to settle Oakdale and to establish the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church there. Jones graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played on the football team and was a captain in the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]]. He was later the president of the alumni association. He was a [[radio]] operator in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, he attended what is now Southwest Louisiana (Sowela) Technical Community College in [[Lake Charles]].<ref name=ehjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=e-holman-jones&pid=169081989&fhid=20731|title=E. Holman Jones|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

Jones was the older son of the late Jessie Holman Jones and the former Maggie Williams. His brother, John Roland Jones, preceded him in death. Jones was a descendant of the Thomas Welch family, one of the first seven families to settle Oakdale and to establish the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church there. Jones graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played on the football team and was a captain in the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]]. He was later the president of the alumni association. He was a [[radio]] operator in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, he attended what is now Southwest Louisiana (Sowela) Technical Community College in [[Lake Charles]].<ref name=ehjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=e-holman-jones&pid=169081989&fhid=20731|title=E. Holman Jones|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==