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Ray Paul Jones

Male 1929 - 1999  (69 years)


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  • Name Ray Paul Jones 
    Birth 22 Jul 1929  Mobile, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 21 Apr 1930  Mobile, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 9/12, born AL, living with parents 
    Census 6 Apr 1940  New Orleans, Orleans, LA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 10, born AL, living with parents 
    Death 14 Jun 1999 
    Person ID I1080  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2019 

    Father William Early Jones,   b. 2 Jul 1898, Gonzales, Gonzales, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1977, Laurel, Jones, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Willie Donnie Ray,   b. 29 Aug 1897, Alvarado, Johnson, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1975, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F1985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Capt. Ray Paul Jones, USN (Retired)

      Capt. Ray Paul Jones, USN Retired, 69, of 385 Washington Road, died
      peacefully on June 14, 1999. His passing took place at the University of
      Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worchester, Massachusetts after a long
      valiant struggle with cancer.

      He was the son-in-law of the late Mary K. Schwartz of 22 Shirley Lane. The
      younger child of the late William Early Jones and Willie Ray Jones, he had an
      older sister Lynnelle. He was born on July 22, 1929 in Mobile, Alabama and
      grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. A 1947 graduate of Alcee Fortier High
      School, he was an avid sailor and an accomplished trombone player. As a
      young man, he played in jazz groups in the French Quarter, including an
      impromptu session in front of the great Louis Armstrong.

      He graduated from Tulane University in 1951 with a BS in Zoology. Having
      been a member of the Naval ROTC, he immediately began the active duty that
      led to a very satisfying 30-year military career. He served for 2 years on a
      Destroyer off Korea. Then, as a member of the Submarine Force for the next
      15 years, he served on the USS Irex SS 482, the USS Robert E. Lee SSBN 601,
      was executive officer on the USS Barbel SS580, before becoming commanding
      officer of the USS Blueback SS581 from 1965 to 1967.

      He received a Master of Science in Business Administration from George
      Washington University in 1970. The rest of his military career included
      tours of duty at: the Pentagon; the headquarters of the US European Command
      in Stuttgart, Germany; the University of Kansas as Professor of Naval
      Science; and finally the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1977 as Administrative
      Officer and CO of Enlisted Personnel.

      By the time he retired in 1981, his career had taken his family from New
      London, CT where he met his wife, Marlene, to Newport News, VA; San Diego,
      CA; Hawaii; Guam; Bremerton, WA; Fairfax, VA; Stuttgart, Germany; Lawrence,
      KS; and finally the New Hampshire Seacoast where they decided to retire and
      put down roots for the first time. After his 1981 retirement from the Navy,
      he went into business at his home in Rye as "The Clock Doctor" doing repair
      and renovation of antique clocks. He continued to travel extensively with
      Marlene visiting new places all over the world and revisiting places they
      loved.

      He enjoyed a very full and active "retirement." He loved music, reading, and
      working on his computer. An avid fisherman, he kept the freezer stocked with
      Salmon, Halibut, Bluefish, etc. He was on the Vestry of St. John's
      Episcopal Church. A member of the Portsmouth Rotary Club, he served as its
      president and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a member of the Portsmouth
      Propeller Club and their Lobster Bake Team. Also, he was a member of the
      National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, the Portsmouth Country
      Club, and served on Senator Humphrey's selection committee for the US
      Military Academies.

      Survivors include his: wife of 45 years, Marlene; daughter Leslie Sandra of
      Cedar Falls, IA; daughter Lynnelle Susan and her husband, William Lipschutz
      of South Norwalk, CT; daughter Christine Elizabeth, her husband, Donald
      Thompson and their children Lynnelle Marie, Philip Byron, and Scott Alexander
      of Bedford, MA; and an extended family including several nieces and nephews.
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      Jones - Ray P. Jones, 69, of Washington Road, Rye, died June 14, 1999. The
      family will meet with friends at the Buckminster Chapel at 84 Broad Street in
      Portsmouth from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. A memorial service celebrating
      his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 18th at St. John's
      Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Ray's
      memory to either the Organ Fund at St. John's Church, 101 Chapel Street,
      Portsmouth, NH 03801 or the International Myeloma Foundation at 2129 Stanley
      Hills Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Arrangements are being made by the
      J.Verne Wood Funeral Home.