MEMORIAL SERVICES for
DR. FRANK VERNON JONES, JR.
Friday, January 30, 1987 - 3:30 P.M. GILBERT-LAMBUTH CHAPEL AT PAINE COLLEGE;
Augusta, Georgia
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Reverend Nathaniel Irvin, Presiding

** OBITUARY **

Dr. Frank Vernon Jones, Jr., departed this life January 26,1987 in A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Born January 22, 1927 to Mr. Frank Jones, Sr. and the late Mrs. Florence Jones in Augusta, Ga. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga. and later united with Good Hope Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dr. Jones was a graduate of Haines Institute, Augusta. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Paine in 1948, a masters degree in admininstration from Atlanta University in 1963 and a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a professor and associate professor in the Department of Community Medicine at University of Pittsburgh for seventeen years.

He was director of Matilda Theiss Health Center, Pittsburgh, and founder of Jones Diversified Services, where he was a professional consultant. He was the first director of the Head Start program in Augusta, he was known as "The father of Head Start and a U.S. Army veteran."

Dr. Jones was the first principal of Clara Jenkins and Terrace Manor elementary schools, Richmond County. He was an assistant principal of C.T. Walker Elementary School.

He was member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, a former member of the Paine College "Cage Kids" and Thirteen Gentlemen, Inc., Augusta. He recently served as a consultant at Paine College for the Observance of the Career Education Observance.

In 1951, he was united in holy matrimony to the former Susie M.y

Golden and to this union four children were born, Mrs. Karen Jones

Joye, Fort Lee, Va., Vernon Keith Jones, Augusta, Frank Kelvin Jones,

Atlanta and Kimberly Sue Jones, Augusta; father, Mr. Frank Jones, Sr.,

Augusta; four granddaughters, Karen Alexis Joye, Jennifer Jones,

Kristina Joye, and Kandance Joye; one aunt, Mrs. Annie Mae Williams;

son-in-law, Captain Maxie Joye, Fort Lee, VA.; mother-in-law, Mrs.

Louise Golden; adopted mother, Mrs. Lena Winn; adopted sister and

brother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Hawk, II, Atlanta, Ga.; devoted

cousin, Mrs. Julia Whitfield, Chicago, 111.; godson, Attorney John H.

Johnson, Jr., Washington, D.C.; other godchildren, Dr. Martina J.

Bryant, Durham, N.C., Mrs. Georgene Caldwell, Augusta and Dr.

William James, Lexington, KY; a dear friend, Mr. Joseph M.Jakes; one

brother-in-law, one sister-in-law and a host of other cousins and

friends.

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** ORDER OF SERVICE **
PROCESSIONAL
HYMN .................... "O God Our Help In Ages Past" Congregation
SCRIPTURE .......................... Reverend H. B. Bady Gumming Grove Baptist Church
PRAYER .............................. Reverend Inez Smith Tabernacle Baptist Church
HYMN ................................ "Abide With Me"
REMARKS (2 Minutes) Dr. John Strelec - Superintendent, Richmond County Schools Mr. Dave Mack - Former Assistant Superintendent, Richmond County Schools Fraternity - Mr. W. B. Bryant
SOLO .......................... "If I Can Help Somebody" Mrs. Maxine Newberry
REMARKS Dr. William H. Harris - President, Paine College Dr. I. E. Washington - Former Employer Mr. Henry Brigham - Friend Mr. Walter Buchannan - Co-Worker Mr. Robert Banks - Friend Mr. Vernon Keith Jones - Son Mr. Frank Kelvin Jones - Son
OMEGA PSI PHI HYMN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............ Mrs. Lunnette Brigham
PAINE COLLEGE HYMN
BENEDICTION
RECESSIONAL

THE BRIDGE BUILDER
An old man going a lone highway Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm vast and wide and steep, With waters rolling cold and deep. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. "Ole man," said a fellow pilgrim near, You are wasting your strength with building here. Your journey will end with the ending day, You never again will pass this way. Youve crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build you this bridge at eventide? The builder lifted his old gray head. "Good friend, in the path I have come," he said.
"There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way.
The chasm that was as nought to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; He, too, must cross in the twilight dimGood friend, I am building this bridge for him."
- W. A. Dromgoole
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HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS
Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Psi Chapter, Morehouse College Psi Omega Chapter, Augusta, Ga.
Thirteen Gentlemen, Inc.
Faculty/Staff of Clara Jenkins Elem. Terrace Manor Elem. C. T. Walker Elementary Schools
Representatives of Richmond County Board of Education
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Willie Mays, III Mortician

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Augusta, Georgia 722-6401

Carrie J. Mays, Director