Obituary of Ronald Cleveland Jones

Author of The Firescalds Road to the Sky, Ronald Cleveland Jones, 72, a resident of Moseley, Virginia died peacefully at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. His death was due to complications related to kidney failure. Jones' Firescalds is an inspiring account of his trail from boyhood to manhood while realizing the value of a personal relationship with God. He recalls his early boyhood on an old farm situated in Barker's Creek in the high mountains of the Appalachians and his family's relocation to the flatlands of the eastern shore of Virginia. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. followed by services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, at Appalachian Funeral Services & Crematorium in Sylva, North Carolina. Dr. Michael P. Germano, his brother-in-law, will officiate. Burial will follow the funeral at the Brown/Jones family cemetery at Barker's Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina. Ronald Cleveland Jones was born August 10, 1944 to Elmer and Erma (Buchanan) Jones in Hampton, Virginia. He graduated from Hampton High school in May 1961, Ambassador College in Pasadena, California with a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S. degree at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. He pursued doctoral studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ron's career included teaching in the Amelia County Public Schools in Amelia, Virginia. He later created and operated a northern Virginia construction and log home business. He constructed and operated a restaurant outside Amelia, Virginia. Later in life, he was employed by Brinks Security in security system sales. As one of Brinks Security's top 10 regional salesmen, he was an award-winning President's Club, Mid-Atlantic and regional leading salesman. Ron was an extra in the motion pictures True Colors (1991) starring John Cusack and Love Field (1992) featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, and Stephanie McFadden. His avocational interest was working on cars and traveling, but his heart was really in designing and constructing log homes and renovation. Ron was preceded in death by his father, Elmer C. Jones. Survivors include his mother, Erma Lucille (Buchanan) Jones of Greens Creek, sisters Brenda E. Germano of Mint Hill, in North Carolina, and Sylvia Taylor Stein of Oxnard, California, brother Bruce D. Jones of Pittsboro, and six nieces and nephews. As Ron ended The Firescalds Road to the Sky with the words "He had come to the door of the Rock, the Stone, the "Wisdom" of the ages" and so he has. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.