Clarence L. Jones

Dr. Clarence Lee Jones, Jr., 83, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Morningside Assisted Living Center in Cookeville, TN, surrounded by his family. Dr. Jones was born Monday September 17, 1934, in White County, TN, to the late Clarence Lee Jones, Sr. and Tennie Elizabeth Greene Jones. He attended Peeled Chestnut School and White County High School before graduating from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Chemistry in 1956 where he was a member of the ROTC. After college, he worked for DuPont in Chattanooga prior to continuing his service in the Army as a Second Lieutenant. Based at Arlington Hall Station in Virginia, Dr. Jones worked at the Pentagon in the Signal Core before being discharged in 1959. During his time in Virginia he married Mary Levena Eubank and began his family. Dr. Jones fulfilled his dream of becoming a doctor when he graduated from medical school in 1963 from the University of Tennessee Memphis. After spending a year of residency at John Gaston Hospital, he returned to Cookeville to set up his family practice. He served the Upper Cumberland area as a general practitioner and anesthesiologist for nearly 50 years. His passion for helping others encouraged him to continue serving his country in the Tennessee Army National Guard, where he retired as a Colonel. He was an active supporter of Cookeville General Hospital and was a member of the Freemasons, the Shriners motorcade, the Putnam County Medical Society, and the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Jones was a loving father and a dedicated, compassionate physician. He is survived by four children: Amy Elizabeth Jones Campbell and husband Walter Campbell of Smyrna, TN, Thomas Howard Jones and wife Lisa Lynn Leftwich Jones of Cookeville, TN, Mary Levena Jones Kinnaman and husband Jim Kinnaman of Marietta, GA, and Clarence Lee Jones III and wife Kimberly Lynn Jones of Cookeville, TN; ten grandchildren: Westbrook Daniel Campbell, David Walter Campbell, Sarah Elizabeth Jones, Ethan Thomas Jones, Matthew Gray Jones, Emma Catherine-Grace Jones, Kirk Hunter Kinnaman, Elizabeth Rush Kinnaman, Charles Deacon Jones, and Clarence Lee Jones IV; sister: Nola Pearl Jones Lafever of Cookeville, TN. He is preceded in death by his parents; two sisters: Nell Mae Jones and Gertrude Thomas Jones; brother, Charlie Leon Jones. Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 19, at 1 p.m. at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner funeral home with Dwight Henry officiating. Interment, with Military Honors, will follow in Peeled Chestnut Cemetery in White County. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon until the time of service. Pallbearers will be his grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mustard Seed Ranch online at http://www.mustardseedranchtn.org/help/cash-donation or by mail: 4955 Kuykendall Rd. Cookeville, TN 38501 Or to the TTU Army ROTC Memorial Scholarship Endowment online at https://www.tntech.edu/univadv/annualgiving/giving-options/online-giving or by mail: TTU Foundation, Box 1915 Cookeville, TN 38505 Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements 931-526-6111. You may share your memories or condolences at hhhfunerals.com.