Richard Franklin Jones' Obituary
Richard Franklin Jones, Jr. 65, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital. Richard was born at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis on October 9, 1950, to Richard “Frank” Jones and Lillian Prewitt Jones. He graduated from East High School and Millsaps College, spending his junior year abroad at the University of Vienna. He later earned a master’s degree in German from the University of Memphis and a Ph.D. in German Language and Linguistics from Vanderbilt University. Richard began his career as a teacher at the University of Regensburg in southern Germany, where his first child, Marion, was born. After returning to Memphis, Richard split a twenty-five-year career between Dover Elevator Systems and Lifeblood Mid-South Regional Blood Center. He was a proud and loving father to his three children and was known for his enduring love of the Beatles and his eccentric, inviting personality. Richard was also a lifelong student of languages and participated for a number of years in the Memphis German Club. Richard is survived by his three children; Marion Thorn Jones of New York City, and Richard Franklin Jones III and Eugene Thorn Jones, both of Baton Rouge, LA. Richard is also survived by his sister, Caroline Prewitt Jones of Alabaster, AL, and his mother, Lillian Prewitt Jones of Memphis.A private visitation and graveside services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery on April 1, 2016. A memorial service will follow at the Church of the Holy Communion. The family also requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Church of the Holy Communion, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, or the Memphis Humane Society.“Celebrating Life….Behind the Stone Wall.’
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