JONES, W. David, Rev. 1948-1995

JONES, SIMPSON, ALLEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/23/2010 at 00:30:38

Reverend W. David Jones 1948-1995

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - The Rev. W. David Jones, 47, of 1304 Clark St., Charles City, pastor of the First Christian Church of Charles City, and the Nora Springs Christian Church, Nora Springs, died Friday (Oct. 13, 1995) at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital, Charles City, of injuries suffered in an automobile/truck accident on U.S. Highway 18 west of Floyd.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 502 N. Jackson St., Charles City. The Rev. Dr. Richard Guentert, Regional Minister for the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, will officiate. He will be assisted by the Charles City Ministerial Association, the Nora Springs Ministerium and the North Iowa Christian Church Disciples of Christ Cluster Group.

Additional funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First Christian Church in Bardstown, Ky. Interment will be in the Bardstown Cemetery next to his father.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.

The Rev. W. David Jones was born Sept. 27, 1948, in Lexington, Ky., the son of the Rev. Woodrow Simpson and Helen LaJune Jones (nee) Walls.

He married Kathy Elizabeth Allen. They were later divorced.

On Feb. 25, 1994, he married Alarice M. Simpson at the First Christian Church in Richmond, Mo.

The Rev. Jones graduated from high school in Jefferson, Ind. He attended the University of Evansville, Ind., where he was conferred with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History and Political Science.

While in college, he became active in the ROTC. This lead to a position in the United States Air Force. He was stationed as a First Lieutenant at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Following his service in the United States Air Force, he enrolled at San Antonio University, San Antonio, Texas, where he received a Master's Degree in city planning. In 1983 he entered the seminary at Phillips University, Enid, Okla. While at Phillips, he served as a student pastor at Christian Churches Disciples of Christ in Lahoma and Yale, Okla. He was conferred with a Master of Divinity Degree by Phillips University and was working toward a Doctorate of Divinity from Texas Christian University.

Following seminary, his first full-time church was the First Christian Church in Luther, Okla. He served the First Christian Church of Waurika, Okla., and the First Christian Church of Lexington, Mo.

In November of 1994, he moved to Charles City to become the pastor of the First Christian Church, Charles City, and the Nora Springs Christian Church, Nora Springs, a position he held at the time of his death.

He held dual membership in the Charles City and Nora Springs churches. He was a member of the Charles City Ministerial Association and the Nora Springs Ministerial Ministerum.

He was a past member of several Lions Clubs, the Jaycees, several community development organizations and the S.E. Kansas Girl Scout Council. While in seminary, he was active with the Habitat for Humanity.

Living family members include his wife, Alarice of Charles City; his mother, H. LaJune Jones of Bardstown, Ky.; a son, Steven Phillip Allen Jones of Florissant, Colo.; a daughter, Sharon Kathleen Jones, at the University of Missouri, Columbia; a stepson and his wife, Sean Raymond Spletstoser and Paula Spletstoser of Holt, Mo.; and a brother and his wife, the Rev. Ronald Jones and Karenree Jones of San Antonio, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his father, the Rev. Woodrow Simpson Jones.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may consider a memorial to Habitat for Humanity, First Christian Church of Charles City or the Nora Springs Christian Church, Nora Springs.

Mason City Globe Gazette - 10/17/1995