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|spouse=Martha Elizabeth Bell Jones (married 1956)<br>

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Children:<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones

'''Children:'''<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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==Background==

==Background==

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/>

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==

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

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 (1937-2021), who attended school in Chilton County in central Alabama. There are two daughters, Angela and Darlene; a son, Byron E. Jones (born 1963), and five grandchildren.<ref name=bio/>

==References==

==References==