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==Background==

==Background==

A native of [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>

A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>

==Career==

==Career==