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Jones was born in Lane"s Chapel, Texas.
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After graduating from Clarksville High School in 1932, Jones attended Magnolia Agricultural and Mechanical Junior College for less than two years.
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He was also one of the earliest John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists. The family later bought a farm in Annona, Texas. In 1935, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin.
lieutenant was there that Jones met an economic professor who he later credited with for influencing him to become a liberal.
Wade later become the District Attorney in Dallas while Connolly would later become the 39th Governor of Texas. Both men were figures in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
In 1940, Jones dropped out of college later admitting that the coursework was too difficult. In 1933, Jones joined the Texas National Guard.
In October 1940, he was called to active duty to fight in World World War World War II He served in 36th Infantry Division in the European theater of World World War World War II He retired from the Guard in 1963 upon which Texas governor John Connally promoted him to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General.
In 1946, Jones purchased the Midlothian Mirror for $4,000. He eventually sold the newspaper in 1974. Hugh Aynesworth was among those who nominated Jones for the award.
Jones was known for being an early critic of the Warren Commission"s report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy and for alleging that 150 people connected to the assassination may have died under mysterious circumstances.
In 1967, he self-published, a four-volume work on the assassination of President Kennedy. In the 1980s, Jones co-edited The Continuing Inquiry newsletter with Gary Mack of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
In 1981, Jones stated that he believed nine men, flown into Dallas from Oklahoma, each fired one shot at Kennedy. On January 25, 1998, Jones died of Alzheimer"s disease in a Alvarado, Texas nursing home at the age of 83.
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