Background

Jones, Branson Coltrane was born on August 15, 1927 in Concord, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Eldridge and Mariam Elizabeth (Coltrane) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, 1949.

Career

Trainee Cannon Mills Company, Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1949-1952, accountant DecFab division Concord, 1952-1967, assistant vice president DecFab division, 1967-1976, vice president Kannapolis, 1979-1982, executive vice president, since 1982. Executive vice president then president Wiscassett Mills Company, Albermarle, North Carolina, 1976-1979. Chairman board First Charter Bank.

Achievements

• Avocation: golf.

Politics

When peaceful alternatives have failed, the force of arms may regretfully be preferable to unchecked aggression, tyranny and genocide.

Views

Christians with different approaches should be engaged with each other to discuss how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.

Membership

Chairman board trustees Cabarrus County Library, Kannapolis, since 1984. Trustee Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, North Carolina. Board visitors Presbyterian College, Clinton.

Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Textile Manufacturers Institute Inc.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocation: golf.

Connections

Married Joan Marcelle Simpson, October 28, 1949. Children– Joan Marcelle, Elisa Coltrane.

father:

Robert Eldridge Jones

mother:

Mariam Elizabeth (Coltrane) Jones

spouse:

Joan Marcelle Simpson

child:

Elisa Coltrane Jones

child:

Joan Marcelle Jones