A devout Child of God, a wonderful family man and a great patriot, Benjamin Quay “Ben” Jones, died Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth from complications of heart surgery He was born September 26, 1971, in Tupelo, to Ann Petruccelli of Tupelo and John Robert ‘Bob’ Jones of Water Valley. He was a 1990 graduate of Tupelo High School and a 1995 graduate of the University of Mississippi. After graduation from Ole Miss, he joined the United States Marine Corps first and eventually was honorably discharged from the Mississippi Army National Guard and was proud to bring all of his troop’s home without any fatalities after four combat tours His valor and service merited him numerous medals for his exemplary service to his country. Ben worked as a Senior Manager of Northrupp-Grumond. He was considered “crunchy on the outside but caramel, protective, funny, caring, loving with a gentle personality on the inside”. He was the best son, brother, father, grandfather, and husband – he loved his kids supremely and enjoyed mentoring and teaching other kids at his Church. A strong Christian, he attended The Orchard in Tupelo. Ben’s life was lived with love, joy, peace, faith, kindness, goodness and self control. His wonderful countenance will be his lasting legacy.
Ben is survived by his wife, Dawn Jones, parents, Ann Petruccelli of Tupelo and Bob Jones of Water Valley; his son, Nathaniel ‘Nathan’ Jones (Katie Bandit) of Rahway, NY and bonus son Jackson Smith of Southaven, and daughters Lily-Cate Jones of Nashville, Madison Jones of Starkville, McKenzie Jones of Florence, and bonus daughters Constance Tankersley (James) of Lewisberg, TN, and Haizley Smith of Southaven; siblings, Heath Jones (Courtney) of Chattanooga, Breck Matthew Jones (Jessica) of Oxford, and Autumn Faith Swinkowski (John) of Water Valley; two grandchildren J.D. and Andi-Leigh.
A celebration of life service will be held at 3 PM on Monday, September 2, 2024, in the Sadie M. Holland Memorial Chapel at Holland Funeral Directors in Tupelo. Family and close friends will deliver reflections. Visitation will be from 1 PM to service time Monday only. A private burial at a future date will take place in Oakhill Cemetery in Water Valley.. For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at 3 PM on Monday at hollandfuneraldirectors.com/live-streaming.
Honorary pallbearers will be Heath Jones, Breck Jones, John Swinkowski, Nathan Jones, Collin Jones, Chad McMahn, Mark Crockett and Kirk Phillips.
Memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, 4899 Belfont Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, Fla 32256.
