Thompson Wolle Jones, 86, of Flat Rock, Alabama, died on Tuesday, November 17, after a brief illness.
A native of Chattanooga, he graduated from The McCallie School, and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology before serving as a navigator in the 351th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force during WWII.
He later returned to graduate from the University of Chattanooga and was retired from US Pipe and Foundry Company. He was active in Ruritan National. He was also an avid gardener and naturalist.
Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents, John Hardin Jones and Ruth Elizabeth Hallam Jones, and by his siblings, Bettye J. Clinton and John H. Jones, Jr.
He is survived by wife, Ann M. Jones; children, Edward H. (Karla) Jones, Lucia J. Beiler, Judith A. Jones and Benjamin G. (Nancy) Jones; and four grandchildren, Sadie-Anne, Rebekkah, Jared and Hannah.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with Dr. David Banks officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, and from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer society, in lieu of flowers.