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A memorial service will be held June 30th at 1:00 p.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church for Richard (Dick) Potter Jones, 85, Cedar Bluff, AL, who died June 21st at Floyd Medical. Rev. Ricky Pollard will officiate at the celebration of Mr. Jones' life.
Mr. Jones was born in Columbus, NC but spent the majority of his life in South Fulton County (Ben Hill, GA) before moving to Cedar Bluff in 2005. He was an Elder at Mableton Community Church before moving to Alabama. He was currently a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church, Centre, AL. Mr. Jones was a 30+ employee of the Georgia Department of Transportation in the Atlanta area as a Surveyor and Utilities Inspector before retiring. He served as a Scout Master for many years and loved working with the Boy Scouts of America.
He was preceded in death by wife, Melba Read Jones of Atlanta, parents, Ora Potter Jones and Waid Allan Jones, Sr. of Atlanta; brother, Waid Allan (Al) Jones of Carrollton; nephew, Waid Allan Jones of Bowden.

Survivors include
1 sister of Rocky Mount, NC
1 son, Rick Jones and his wife of Fayetteville, GA
1 daughter and son-in-law of Cedar Buff, AL
1 granddaughter of Newnan, GA
1 grandson of Marietta, GA
1 soon to be born great-granddaughter
and several nieces and nephews

Interment will be at a later date beside his wife at St. Andrews-in-the Pines Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mr. Richard (Dick) Potter Jones.
Olin L Gammage Funeral Home, Cedartown, GA

Birth	19 Mar 1927	Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina
Marriage	26 Jun 1948	Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia - Melba Irene Read
Death	21 Jun 2012	Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia
Obituary	28 Jun 2012	Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Burial	30 Jun 2012	Saint Andrews in the Pines Episcopal Cemetery, Peachtree City, Fayette County, Georgia

Spouse	Melba Irene Read (1928 - 2000)
Child	Richard Potter Jones Jr. (1950 - 2014)
Child	Living

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