- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1930
- Date Of Death: March 18, 2016
- State: Mississippi
Philip H. Jones, Sr., 85, Vicksburg, Ms., passed away Friday March 18, 2016 at home. He lived in Vicksburg all his life. He was a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. He was a member the Hawkins United Methodist Church; and was a member of the VFW U.S. Army. Being a very patriotic person; he served in the Korean War as a front line medic, after serving in Korea he returned home and worked for Luckie Electric before going to work at Waterways Experiment Station; while he was at Waterways he worked as an electrician and also worked in the weapons effect laboratory where he received many awards for outstanding work at Waterways Experiment Station. While he was still involved with Waterways he started Philip Jones Electric, Inc. He is preceded in death by his father Ansel H. Jones, mother Camelia Bliss Jones, three brothers William Jones, A.H. Jones, Jr. and Ollie Jo Jones, and five sisters Catherine Hartley, Evelyn Beauchamp, Dorothy Rusk, Emma Mae Marshall and Minta Alice White. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Jackie Jones, son Philip “Sonny”(Teresa) Jones, Jr., of Vicksburg, Ms., two daughters Carmen Lynn(Kenny) Robinson, and Anissa A. Jones, two sisters Anna Jo Thomas and Marie Nevels, four grandchildren Haley Murphy, Jullianna Jones, Mattie Jones and Elena Rodriguez and one great grandchild Lynley James Murphy.
