Kerwood Jones, 89, 1933 Vinegar Hill Road, Bedford, died at 6:33 p.m. Sunday at Bedford Regional Medical Center.

Born May 3, 1920, in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., he was the son of Clyde G. and Lola Delores (Brown) Jones. He married Joanne L. Dobson on Jan. 13, 1951, in Marion, at First United Methodist Church, and she survives.

He was a retired union electrician from IBEW Local No. 16 in Evansville.

He was of the Methodist faith, a lifetime member of American Legion Post No. 250, Mitchell, member of IBEW Local No. 16, Evansville, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of World War II, where he was a Marine photographer, he was sent by the Marines to the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., and then overseas with the Marines.

Surviving with his wife, Joanne Jones of Bedford; are two daughters, Julie Mapes and husband Douglas of Bedford, and Cindy Earl and husband Steven of Springville; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by parents.

Private services were today at Cresthaven Memory Gardens, where burial followed. Mitchell American Legion Post No. 250 provided graveside rites.

Bedford Online, March 2, 2010

Kerwood Gibson Jones (1920)