George Andrew Jones Sr.

George Andrew Jones, Sr, 85, of Crawfordville, Florida, went to his heavenly home on August 12, 2023, at home, peacefully with his family by his side. Born April 18, 1938, in Panama City, Florida to Gilbert Edward Jones and Jeanette Baldwin Jones. He was the youngest of six and the last living sibling. He lost his mother to tuberculosis when he was four years old. That event was the beginning of a very precarious life moving from place-to-place living with many different relatives; never living for more than two years in one place. While living in Greenville, South Carolina, with his sweet sister Floretta Baker, he met his soon-to-be-wife Faye Duffie. After enlisting in the Air Force, he married Faye the day she graduated from High School. His insurance company moved him to Crawfordville in 1966, with his now family of seven, where he finally put down deep roots and had a true place to call home. It was important to him to raise his family in the country. Wakulla County, the people, and his family meant everything to him. He began working for the Farm Bureau Insurance in 1975. George was a founding member of the Pioneer Baptist Church where he and many others built the first log cabin church on Spring Creek Highway in Crawfordville, Florida. He was instrumental with the Sopchoppy Water Works in the beginning stages as a volunteer treasurer, worked with the Wakulla County Supervisors of Elections office under Nell Russ working on the voting machines and getting the final tallies in. He later went to work for the State of Florida, Division of Insurance and retired after 20 years. He will be remembered by his son Gilbert K. Jones of Crawfordville, Florida, daughters Kathrine “Lynn” Taff of Franklin, Tennessee, Cynthia J. Jones of Crawfordville, Florida, Kimberly F. Staples (John) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. He is predeceased by his son George Andrew “Andy” Jones, Jr. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to service, 10:00- 11:00 am, Saturday, August 19, 2023, at Pioneer Baptist Church and the Funeral Service will begin at 11:00 am. A burial will follow in the church cemetery. Skip & Trey Young along with Paula and Kimberly are assisting the family. 850-926-5919 Familyfhc.com

George Andrew Jones Sr.

April 18, 1938 - August 12, 2023