Jones, James Carlyle

James Carlyle (Carl) Jones, 86, of Christiansburg, Va., boarded the gospel flyer on Thursday, August 5, 2010, as it paused briefly on it’s heaven bound journey. The conductor, our Lord Jesus Christ, assisted him in starting his homeward bound journey. Carl was born on December 22, 1923, in Albemarle County, Va., to the late James Walter and Maddie Gay Niday Jones. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to the Sinking Creek Valley in Craig County, Va., where he attended Maywood school. Carl began a career at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in 1942, which was interrupted in 1943, when he was drafted to serve in World War II. He served in the United States Army Air Corp, in the South Pacific until 1945. In 1948 Carl returned to work at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, where he continued working until his retirement in 1986. Carl’s loves in life were God, his family, music, traveling, reading, and photography. He enjoyed attending Wesleyan Community Church in Blacksburg, Va., where he often sang and played his favorite instruments, the auto harp and the guitar. He also enjoyed writing songs and poems. He loved people, staying active, and a good joke, even if it was on himself. In addition to his parents, Carl was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Orange Jones; sisters, Mildred Poff, of Christiansburg, Va., and Eileen Buck, of Charlottesville, Va.; and brother, Douglas Jones, of Christiansburg, Va. Surviving are his wife, Hallie M. Jones, of Christiansburg, Va.; son and daughter-in-law, Bruce R. and Linda L. Jones, of Riner, Va.; sister, Janice Furrow, of Newport, Va.; granddaughters, Tasha Keller, of Nashville, Tenn., and Leigh Quintana, of Christiansburg, Va.; and great-grandchildren, Xander Keller, Lucia Quintana and Greg Quintana. The family will receive friends at the Horne Funeral Home on Sunday, August 8, 2010, from 3 to 5 p.m. The Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. on Monday, August 9, 2010, in the Horne Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tony Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hornefuneralservice.com. The Jones family is being served by Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg, Va., 540-382-2612.