Richard K. Jones, 86 of Carrollton, Texas passed away November 24,2020, at Vitas Inpatient Hospice in Carrollton, Texas. Richard was born May 1, 1934 in Denver,Colorado to Jeff and Marjorie Jones. Growing up in Denver, Colorado, he was the City Champion of the 1948 Soap Box Derby and went on to compete in the All-American National Finals in Akron, Ohio. In high school, he developed a love of photography and enjoyed developing his photographs in his own dark room, which he and his father built. He played both the saxophone and clarinet in the high school marching band. Through the years, he spent time working in construction with his father who was a well known brickmason in Denver. He graduated with his Bachelor of Architecture from USC in 1957, where he also completed graduate work in city planning. One of his favorite architects was Frank Lloyd Wright and he enjoyed opportunities to study his work. He served from 1958-1960, in the US Army as a civil engineer working on missile guidance computers. Some of the architecture firms he worked for throughout is career included: William Pereira, ArchiSystems, Ralph M. Parsons. Later in his career, he worked at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District . During his career he was the principle designer and engineer on dozens of projects around the world (United States, Middle East and Asia). Some of the projects he made significant design contributions included: (Central) Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego; Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco,CA; LA Metro Rail, CA; University of California, Irvine, CA; Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. He always preferred doing his designs by hand rather than utilizing computer-aided design software. After his retirement in 2002, Richard continued his love for design and drawing. In the last couple years you could often find him drawing on his sketch pad. Richard was a pilot and loved to fly. He owned two airplanes over the years and had his Learjet rating. He loved the fine arts and animals. He was always a very calm compassionate person.
In 1968, he married his first wife and had two children, Derek and Jaclyn. In 1989 he married Judy Hang and had one child, Marjorie. Richard was preceded in death by his mother, Marjorie Elnora (Deal) Jones in 1979 and his father, Jefferson (Jeff) Faulkner Jones in 1989. He is survived by: his wife, Judy Jones; his sons: Derek Jones (wife-Candace) and Jack Huang (step-son); his daughters: Jaclyn Hunter (husband-Scott), Marjorie Haarlammert (husband-Daniel), and Yi-chia Huang (step-daughter); eleven grand children: Crystal Jenkins (husband-Jeffrey), Heather Hunter, Jacob Jones (wife-Shanna), Dixie Jones, Desmon Jones, Zoie Jones, Alex Jones, Texas Jones, Geneva Jones, Xavier Jones, Melody Brown; one great grandson: Hunter Jenkins.
A private Graveside Service will be held December 14,2020, at Berry Highland Memorial Park, Knoxville, TN. Full Military Honors will be presented by East Tennessee Veterans Honor Guard. The family invites friends to share fond memories and sign the online guestbook at www.berryhighlandmemorial.com
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