TAPS ~ REST IN PEACE. Prayers requested.

[MountainFlower]

 

RIP Prayer Request
From Mountainflower

~ TAPS ~

It is with deep sadness that I relate the following to you.  On July 15 I received an email from Dan Small stating that our mutual friend, Hal Jones, has passed away after a 16-month or so battle with cancer. Hal Jones was with us in Washington, DC at Gathering of Eagles I.  It was an honor to get to know him and Dan, and to stand with him as a Marshal that day in March.  He has gone home to be with the Lord on July 14, 2008.  He is in a better place, standing at the ready in heaven, with no more pain or earthly sorrows.  He will be missed by his friends and loved ones.  Please pray for his family and for Dan. 

Hal F. Jones, 58, Edgewater, a self-employed truck driver, died Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Hospice Care Center, Port Orange. Mr. Jones, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, was born in Berwyn, Ill., and moved to Edgewater in 1976 from Chicago, Ill. He was a radio dispatcher for the New Smyrna Beach Police Department for ten years and the Volusia County Sheriff's Department for five years. He also was a volunteer for the Turnbull Bay Fire Department and a ham radio operator. He enjoyed fishing, football and NASCAR. Survivors include his wife, Katherine "Kathy"; two sons, Phillip Jones, Edgewater, and Kevin (April) Jones, Maiden, N.C.; two daughters, Jessica and Jennifer Jones, both of Edgewater; and ten grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Cynthia Jones, in 1983. Funeral service will be 7 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at the Dudley Edgewater Chapel with Chaplain Alan Gaylord, Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, officiating, and members of the American Legion Post #285, Edgewater, conducting military honors. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until the service time Saturday at Dudley Edgewater Chapel. Private burial will be Monday, July 21, in the Veterans Field of Honor at Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater.

To sign the guestbook:

http://www.legacy.com/NEWS-JOURNALONLINE/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=113478393

 

Please add your tributes here.  I will be emailing the link to Hal's family, so they can be a part of this TRIBUTE thread, as well.  I hope to obtain a few pictures to have posted also.  For those of you who knew Hal, feel free to share here and send your condolences through the GUESTBOOK link above.  Thank you to my FReeper friends who have assisted in putting this together.

[Tennessee Nana]

I was at the Gathering of Eagles, March 17, 2007..

A freezing cold day, but Hal and the others stood their post with diligence and honor...

Thank you Hal, for your wonderful life example and your honorable service to our country...

You were a great American to the end...

[RU88]

May Hal rest in eternal peace in the loving hands of God and may Hal’s family and friends be comforted in their loss.

[Tainan]

Rest with the Lord Mr. Jones.

[Obadiah]

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Psalm 116:15

[LibLieSlayer]

GOD bless Hal and his family. May GOD bring the family peace and comfort. Rest easy my brother FReeper... you served well.

LLS

[CDHart]

May God hold Hal's family and friends close to Him now and comfort them in their loss. May He give them peace and strength, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

[beachn4fun]

R I P Hal Jones

[alfa6]

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend

Deepest Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Madame Dufarge]

So sorry to hear this sad news.

RIP, Mr. Jones.

[RaceBannon]

Very sad news! :(

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I’m sure that Jesus has said to Hal, “Welcome Home, you can rest easy now.”

[sneakers]

Prayers sent for this Patriot and veteran.
May he rest in the peace of Christ.

[AppyPappy]

He’s crossed the river and rests among the trees. Good work, Hal. Thanks for serving us.

[MountainFlower]

Alfa, thank you. You knew exactly what to post!! I knew you would.

[WildcatClan]

RIP, Hal My condolences to his family and to all who knew and loved him.

[MountainFlower]

Thank you, sister, for your post! You knew what I was looking for. Thank you for honoring one of our Heroes!

[The Mayor]

TAPS


Welcome Home

[MountainFlower]

#31. AMEN!

[MountainFlower]

your post is awesome, Mayor. THANK YOU!

[alfa6]

Glad to be of service, wish I did not have too

Regards

alfa6 ;>}