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| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| birth_date=May 21, 1934

| birth_date=May 21, 1934

| birth_place =Tifton, Tift County,  [[Georgia]], USA

| birth_place=Tifton, Tift County,  [[Georgia]], USA

| death_date=August 11, 2019 (aged 85)

| death_date=August 11, 2019 (aged 85)

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

| spouse =(1) Ethel Roberts Jones<br>

| spouse =(1) Ethel Roberts Jones<br>

(2) Sally Wonders Jones<br>

(2) Sally Wonders Jones<br>

 

Children:<br>

Children:<br>

Claude V. Jones<br>

Claude Vernon Jones<br>

Theodore Wonders Jones

Parents: Claude Jones and Lenora "Nora" Jones Griffin

Alma mater:<br>

'''Alma mater''':<br>

[[Northwestern State University]]<br>

[[Northwestern State University]]<br>

[[University of Mississippi]] School of Law

[[University of Mississippi]] School of Law

==Background==

==Background==

In 1960, at the age of twenty-six,<ref>The author is unable to find information on Jones from his birth in 1934 until he entered college c. 1956.</ref> Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford. In 1970, he received a Master of Laws degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he has also long maintained a law practice. His legal specialties included taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.<ref name=tauzincon/>

Jones was born to Claude and Lenora "Nora" Jones, later Lenora Griffin, in Tifton in Tift County, [[Georgia]]. He was reared by grandparents and served in the [[United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958, stationed for most of his service at the former England Air Force Base in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], LouisianA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=theodore-l-jones-ted&pid=193668957&fhid=17444|title=Theodore L. "Ted" Jones|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 17, 2019|accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref> In 1960, at the age of twenty-six, Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford, [[Mississippi]]. In 1970, he received a Master of Laws degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he has also long maintained a law practice. His legal specialties included taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.<ref name=tauzincon/>

==Legal and political career==

==Legal and political career==

Ted Jones holds honorary doctorates of humanity from both his alma mater, Northwestern State University, and Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish. He is an inductee of the NSU "Long Purple Line of Distinguished Alumni" and the former director of the NSU Foundation.<ref name=tauzincon/>  

Ted Jones holds honorary doctorates of humanity from both his alma mater, Northwestern State University, and Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish. He is an inductee of the NSU "Long Purple Line of Distinguished Alumni" and the former director of the NSU Foundation.<ref name=tauzincon/>  

In 2007, Jones was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.<ref name=lapol/>

In 2007, Jones was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.<ref name=lapol/><ref name=bio/>

==References==

==References==