Age 79, Mountain Park - Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday, January 18 at the Snyder Church of Christ with Ron Suiter, Minister officiating. Mr. Jones departed this life on Thursday, January 14, 2010 after a short illness. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder. *** Family will greet friends Sunday afternoon at the funeral home from 4pm until 5pm. *** He was born January 18, 1930 to Truman and Irene Jones on the family home place West of Mountain Park, Oklahoma. He grew up in the Mullins Community and began farming in 1946, and graduated from Mountain Park High School in 1948 as a four year letterman of the Mountain Park Redskins Basketball team. He met the love of his life, Betty Agnes Wilcox in the Rexall Drug Store in Snyder. The two were married on September 1, 1950. They established their home West of Mountain Park on the land that was homesteaded by his grandfather. He also worked in the Kiowa County Assessor's office and served as Kiowa County Assessor from 1994 until his retirement in 2002. After his retirement, he enjoyed traveling, time with his family, and tending the land on which he had spent his life. The original homestead received the Oklahoma Centennial Farm designation in 2007. He was active in the agricultural community through out his life and was named WKY Television's Oklahoma Farmer/Rancher of the Year in 1972. He was a member of various agricultural organizations including; The American Angus Association, Oklahoma Angus Association, the Kiowa County Soil and Water Conservation District, and was also former board advisor for the Oklahoma Junior Angus Association and was an honorary member and advocate for the Snyder Future Farmers of America. He is survived by his wife Betty of the home, three children and their spouses; Keith and Sharon Jones of Centerville, VA, Kent and Amy Jones of Magnolia, TX, Rebecca and Kevin Moran of Austin, TX, twelve grandchildren, Joshua and Jennifer Jones of Paris, France, Nathan Jones of Austin, TX, Matthew and Sienna Jones of Austin, TX, Michael Martinez and Kristin Martinez of Fairfax, VA, Jacqueline Jones of Edmond, OK, Maddie, Mary Katherine and Ian Jones of Magnolia, TX, Benton Ferguson, Emma and Liam Moran, Austin, TX and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Truman and Irene Jones. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead Drive, Lawton, OK 73505 or to the Westview Boys Home, 120 W. Broadway Street, Hollis, OK 73550.