James Ardell Jones went to be with his Lord on December 17, 2014 at the age of 86. Jim was born on November 19, 1928 in Hopkins County, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Isham H and Era B Jones of Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Jim is survived by his wife, Ada, of 65 years; children, Larry Jones and wife Cathy, of Plano, and daughter, Gail Hefton and husband Carl, of Dallas; six grandchildren, Jeremy Wood and wife Donna, Ryan Hefton and wife Sarah, Bret Hefton and wife Amy, Adam Hefton and wife Jenni, Cristi Martinez and husband Joe, and Amy Jones, as well as 12 great grandchildren.
Jim graduated from Sulphur Springs High School where he participated in and avidly enjoyed sports. He was starting quarterback on the football team for three years, and following High School, Jim enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17, serving during WWII. Upon returning to Sulphur Springs after his discharge from the Navy, he met and later married Ada Wesson. He and Ada spent the next 65 wonderful years together.
After graduating from East Texas State University, Jim worked for the US Department of the Air Force, Magnolia Petroleum Company (now Mobil Oil) and Texas Instruments, where he retired after 25 years of service. During the years at TI, Jim and Ada lived in Richardson, Texas, Sherman, Texas, Bedford, England, Nice, France and then came back to Dallas. Following their time in Europe, Jim worked his remaining years at TI with the non-US manufacturing sites in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Japan and Korea in the Far East as well as El Salvador and Portugal.
After retiring from TI in 1983, Jim did consulting for a few years. He and two close friends, whom were also former TI’ers, founded two new companies in the US and two in the Far East based primarily out of Singapore and Malaysia, which pertained to some segment of semiconductor business.
Following his retirement, Jim and Ada enjoyed spending time at their lake house in East Texas, where Jim spent much time on the lake bass fishing. He especially enjoyed those fishing days when any of the kids, grandkids, or great-grandkids were able to join him. Ada and Jim also enjoyed travelling after retirement, where they visited every state in the US. In celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, they visited every place they had lived during those first 50 years of marriage.
Jim and Ada were members of The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson where both took active roles over the years and have many wonderful friends there.
Friends and family are invited to remember and celebrate Jim’s life at The Heights Baptist Church which is located at 201 W Renner Road, Richardson Texas 75080 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 at 10:30 AM. A reception/visitation will follow the service. At 3:30 PM on December 23, 2014 there will be a burial service at Restlawn Memorial Park in Sulphur Springs Texas.
Memorials may be made to The Heights Baptist Church in memory of Jim.
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