Background
Sr., Clifford Aaron Jones was born on February 19, 1912 in Long Lane, Missouri, United States. Son of Burley Monroe and Arlie (Benton) J.
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Clifford Aaron Jones Sr.
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Education
Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1938; Juris Doctor, U. Missouri, 1969.
Career
Founder, senior partner, Jones Vargas (formerly Jones, Jones, Close & Brown), Las Vegas, Nevada, 1938-1993;
retired, Jones Vargas (formerly Jones, Jones, Close & Brown), Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993. Majority leader Nevada Legislature, 1941-1942. Judge 8th Judicial District, Nevada, 1945-1946.
Lieutenant governor State of Nevada, 1946-1954. Owner, builder, chairman bd.Thunderbird Hotel, Inc., Las Vegas, 1948-1964. Founder Valley Bank of Nevada, 1953.
Founder, secretary, board directors First Western Savings and Loan Association, 1964-1966. President, Chairman of the Board Caribbean-American Investment Company, Inc., 1960-1978. President, board directors Income Investments, Inc., 1963-1965.
Senior vice president, board directors Barrington Industries, Inc., 1966-1970. Chairman of the Board, president Center African Land Company.
Achievements
Membership
Member Clark County (Nevada) Democratic Central Committee, 1940-1980, chairman, 1948. National committeeman from Nevada Democratic Party, 1954. Member Nevada Democratic StateCentral Committee, 1945-1960.
4 time delegate Democratic National Convention Served as lieutenant colonel Field Artillery United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association (past member tax section), American College Trust and Estate Counsel, Nevada Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma.
Connections
Children: Clifford A. Jones II, Joni Lee Jones Ryan. Married Marilyn T. Hayes, May 1, 1995.
