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 |spouse=Martha Elizabeth Bell Jones (married 1956-2021, her death)<br>
 '''Children:'''<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones<br>
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+'''Alma mater''':<br>
 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
 |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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 |death_date=
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-|spouse=Martha Elizabeth Bell Jones (married 1956)<br>
+|spouse=Martha Elizabeth Bell Jones (married 1956-2021, her death)<br>
-'''Children:'''<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones
+'''Children:'''<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones<br>
 |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
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 ==Background==
-A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
+A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
 ==Career==

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 ==Background==
-A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
+A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
 ==Career==

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 |death_place=
 |spouse=Martha Elizabeth Bell Jones (married 1956)<br>
-Children:<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones
+'''Children:'''<br>Angela, Darlene, and Byron E. Jones
 |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
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 ==Background==
-A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
+A native of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
 ==Career==
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 On the fiscal court, Jones, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], worked for the completion in 2009 of the $15 million Taylor County Judicial Center in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courtprograms/judicialconstruction/Pages/Taylor.aspx|title=Judicial Center Construction: Taylor County Judicial Center|publisher=courts.ky.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Jones defeated an intra-party challenger, Anthony Hash, in the Republican [[primary]] to hold on to his fiscal court seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/young-allen-meet-mayor-fall|title=Young, Allen to meet for mayor in fall|author=Jeff Moreland|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref> Jones, a month before his 84th birthday, then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Harris in the November 6 general election for another term on the fiscal court. Jones polled 1,145 votes (73.4 percent) to Harris' 415 (26.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/allen-wins-mayor-smith-new-judge|title=Allen wins mayor, Smith is new judge; Skaggs wins circuit court clerk race over Burress; Marcum re-elected as county jailer|author=Zac Oakes|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref>a
-Jones is married to the former Martha Elizabeth Bell (born 1937), who attended school in Chilton County in central Alabama. The couple has  two daughters, Angela and Darlene; a son, Byron E. Jones (born 1963), and five grandchildren.<ref name=bio/>
+Jones is married to the former Martha Elizabeth Bell (1937-2021), who attended school in Chilton County in central Alabama. There are two daughters, Angela and Darlene; a son, Byron E. Jones (born 1963), and five grandchildren.<ref name=bio/>
 ==References==

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 '''James Edward Jones''' (born December 2, 1934) is a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man in Campbellsville, [[Kentucky]], and the  District 1 magistrate on the Taylor County Fiscal Court.
 A native of Birmingham, [[Alabama]], Jones is a son of the late Fred S. Jones and the former Annie Dews. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], but received his bachelor's degree in 1957 from Samford University in Homewood in Jefferson County, Alabama, both Baptist institutions. He holds the bachelor of divinity (1961) and a doctorate of ministry (1982) from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]] in Jefferson County, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/><ref name=prabook/>
 Jones in 1981 succeeded [[J. Chester Badgett]] as the pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church, at which he remained pastor for more than twenty years. Earlier, he was the pastor of the Valley View Baptist Church in Louisville from 1964 to 1973 and the Eastern Hills Baptist Church in the capital city of [[Montgomery]], Alabama, from 1973 to 1981.<ref name=prabook>{{cite web|url=http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=582399|title=James Edward Jones|publisher=prabook.com|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
 Jones has served on the board of trustees of [[Campbellsville University]] and is a member of the CU Church Relations Council, a body established in 1978 by former president [[W. R. Davenport]], when the institution was known as Campbellsville College. Jones was formerly a part-time assistant in the Office of Church and External Relations, an adjunct faculty member in the CU School of Theology. After retiring from Campbellsville Baptist Church, he accepted the pastorate of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phbchurch.wixsite.com/pleasanthillbaptist|title=Pleasant Hill Baptist Church|publisher=phbchurch.wixsite.com|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> He is a former moderator of the Taylor County Baptist Association, president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention<ref name=bio/> from 1989 to 1990, and a member of several KBC committees and boards. He has also served on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee from 1983 to 1991 and as chairman of the budget committee from 1990 to 1991.<ref name=prabook/> His mission trips have been to [[Brazil]] (four times), [[Russia]] (twice), [[Venezuela]], [[Kenya]], [[Hong Kong]], [[China]], [[Poland]], and [[Honduras]]. He is a member of the Taylor County Ministerial Association, Kiwanis International (president in 1986), and the Masonic lodge. Beginning in 1982, he was appointed chaplain for the Campbellsville/Taylor County Rescue and Taylor County Sherriff's Department.<ref name=prabook/>
-Twice Jones has received the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce "Citizen of the Year" award. In a CU press release university president Michael V. Carter describes Jones, accordingly, “Dr. Jones has a pastor’s heart, a servant’s humility and the passion of an evangelist and missionary. He is one of the fine pulpiteers of Southern Baptist life today. He has demonstrated servant leadership all of his life and continues to do so to this very day as he gives of himself in service to his Lord, his family and his community.” Carter's remarks accompanied the presentation in 2011 to Dr. Jones of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award by Campbellsville University.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=44624|title=Campbellsville University presents Algernon S. Sullivan Awards|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|date=May 27, 2011|author=Elena Groholske|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 1982, Jones published ''The Implementation of a Perennial Program of Evangelism.''<ref name=prabook/>
+Twice Jones has received the Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce "Citizen of the Year" award. In a CU press release university president [[Michael V. Carter]] describes Jones, accordingly, “Dr. Jones has a pastor’s heart, a servant’s humility and the passion of an evangelist and missionary. He is one of the fine pulpiteers of Southern Baptist life today. He has demonstrated servant leadership all of his life and continues to do so to this very day as he gives of himself in service to his Lord, his family and his community.” Carter's remarks accompanied the presentation in 2011 to Dr. Jones of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award by Campbellsville University.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=44624|title=Campbellsville University presents Algernon S. Sullivan Awards|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|date=May 27, 2011|author=Elena Groholske|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 1982, Jones published ''The Implementation of a Perennial Program of Evangelism.''<ref name=prabook/>
 On the fiscal court, Jones, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], worked for the completion in 2009 of the $15 million Taylor County Judicial Center in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courtprograms/judicialconstruction/Pages/Taylor.aspx|title=Judicial Center Construction: Taylor County Judicial Center|publisher=courts.ky.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Jones defeated an intra-party challenger, Anthony Hash, in the Republican [[primary]] to hold on to his fiscal court seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/young-allen-meet-mayor-fall|title=Young, Allen to meet for mayor in fall|author=Jeff Moreland|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref> Jones, a month before his 84th birthday, then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Harris in the November 6 general election for another term on the fiscal court. Jones polled 1,145 votes (73.4 percent) to Harris' 415 (26.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/allen-wins-mayor-smith-new-judge|title=Allen wins mayor, Smith is new judge; Skaggs wins circuit court clerk race over Burress; Marcum re-elected as county jailer|author=Zac Oakes|publisher=''The Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref>a

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 |name=James Edward Jones<br>
 (Southern Baptist clergyman and Fiscal Court magistrate)
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 |birth_date=December 2, 1934
 |birth_place=Birmingham, [[Alabama]]