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==Background==
==Background==
A Lubbock resident, Jones was a son of R. E. Jones, Sr., and the former Cordelia Booth. He graduated from Lubbock High School and in 1949 received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/> He earned his living from [[farming]] and investments. After completing service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in [[World War II]], Jones wed the former Reta A. Womack (July 16, 1923 – March 20, 2014),<ref name=specialelection/> a native of Martha in Jackson County in southwestern [[Oklahoma]]. The two met in Lubbock's only bowling alley at the time. Mrs. Jones was heavily committed to [[Habitat for Humanity]] in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-03-22/reta-jones-wife-former-tex-rep-delwin-remembered-kindness-habitat-work#.VASQe_ldWS8|title=Reta Jones, wife of former Tex Rep. Delwin, remembered for kindness, Habitat work: Donations to Habitat for Humanity are requested in lieu of flowers|date=March 22, 2014|author=R. S. Douglas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
A Lubbock resident, Jones was a son of R. E. Jones Sr., and the former Cordelia Booth. He graduated from Lubbock High School and in 1949 received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/> He earned his living from [[farming]] and investments. After completing service in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in [[World War II]], Jones wed the former Reta A. Womack (July 16, 1923 – March 20, 2014),<ref name=specialelection/> a native of Martha in Jackson County in southwestern [[Oklahoma]]. The two met in Lubbock's only bowling alley at the time. Mrs. Jones was heavily committed to [[Habitat for Humanity]] in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-03-22/reta-jones-wife-former-tex-rep-delwin-remembered-kindness-habitat-work#.VASQe_ldWS8|title=Reta Jones, wife of former Tex Rep. Delwin, remembered for kindness, Habitat work: Donations to Habitat for Humanity are requested in lieu of flowers|date=March 22, 2014|author=R. S. Douglas|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
The Joneses had two children, Lanny Tyler Jones of Seal Beach, [[California]], and Melodie Aloyce Jones Snodgrass (born October 12, 1952) and husband, Harry Edward Snodgrass (born November 15, 1952) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit/>
The Joneses had two children, Lanny Tyler Jones of Seal Beach, [[California]], and Melodie Aloyce Jones Snodgrass (born October 12, 1952) and husband, Harry Edward Snodgrass (born November 15, 1952) of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit/>
Jones sponsored the funding to construct the Lubbock State School, the Texas Tech Law School, the Texas Tech Museum, the Texas Tech Swine Research Center, and the Texas Tech Cotton, Wool, and Mohair Research Center. He was a charter member of the High Plains Underground Water District, the Plains Cotton Growers Association, and the Caprock American Business Club. He was a president of the Lubbock County [[Farm Bureau]].<ref name=obit/>
Jones sponsored the funding to construct the Lubbock State School, the Texas Tech Law School, the Texas Tech Museum, the Texas Tech Swine Research Center, and the Texas Tech Cotton, Wool, and Mohair Research Center. He was a charter member of the High Plains Underground Water District, the Plains Cotton Growers Association, and the Caprock American Business Club. He was a president of the Lubbock County [[Farm Bureau]].<ref name=obit/>
In 2015, Jones received from the Lubbock chapter of the Association for Women n Communications the "George Mahon Award", named for Democratic former U.S. Representative George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) of Lubbock.<ref name=deathofjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180725/longtime-texas-legislator-delwin-jones-of-lubbock-dies-at-94|title=Longtime Texas legislator Delwin Jones of Lubbock dies at 94|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
In 2015, Jones received from the Lubbock chapter of the Association for Women n Communications the "George Mahon Award", named for Democratic former U.S. Representative George Herman Mahon (1900–1985) of Lubbock.<ref name=deathofjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180725/longtime-texas-legislator-delwin-jones-of-lubbock-dies-at-94|title=Longtime Texas legislator Delwin Jones of Lubbock dies at 94|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==