James Harold Jones

March 5, 1942 - April 2, 2021

James Harold Jones was an 8th generation local native that was born in Mt. Mourne on March 5th, 1942. He was the son of the late Rufus Moore Jones and Annie Lou Gordon Jones. He lived most of his life in Mooresville with his loving wife, of 56 years, Patricia Clary Jones. He was preceded in death by brother Bill Jones of Mooresville, brother F.E. "Gene" Jones of Mooresville, brother Clyde Jones of Mooresville, brother Ralph Jones of Troutman, sister Lois Mayhew of Concord and sister Johnsie Fink of Kannapolis. He is survived by daughter Karen Jones Thomas (Martin) of Huntersville, son Harold Wayne Jones of Mooresville, grandsons Ryan and Brandon Thomas of Huntersville, sister Margie Delton of Las Vegas, sister Carol Linker (Thad) of Mooresville, and sister Doris Mattice (Bob) of Mooresville. He is also survived by a great many loving nieces and nephews. He served in the United States Army. Upon leaving the Army he worked through a varied large scale construction career projects for many years. He then entered into family business with the first being the well known 1109 Grocery on Hwy 21 in Mooresville. Later, he then started the popular Jones Farmstead Nursery on Brawley School Road. A Memorial service at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 6 at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home Chapel with Eddie Karriker officiating. For those who are unable to attend the service, you may go to the following link for the live stream https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC864hAs96dTRLVVL1la0Qlw/videos?view=2&flow=list In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations please go to: the Serenity House in Mooresville, 110 Centre Church Rd., Mooresville, NC, 28117 (704-664-2004). They took care of him in his final week and a half as if he were a King, and they took just as much care of the rest of the family as they did our dad! Cavin-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Mooresville, is serving the Jones' family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.cavin-cook.com.