AL DAVID JONES, A LONG TIME ENTERTAINER OF OVER 40 YEARS, AND RESIDENT OF STUART, FL
HAS TRAGICALLY DIED OF COVID ON SEPT. 9, 2021, AT THE AGE OF 60.
AL IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, JANIE ELLIOTT, WIFE SHEILA JONES, BROTHER SKIP JONES AND HIS WIFE KAREN, SISTER CHARICE JONES, SISTER CHERRIE BELLASSAI AND HER HUSBAND JOHN, 6 GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND 12 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
AL WAS BORN IN MARION, IN 4-6-1961 TO RAY AND JANIE JONES. HE GRADUATED FROM MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980.
AFTER YEARS OF WORKING AT PRATT & WHITNEY, AS WELL AS NASA, BUILDING ENGINES AND PLAYING MUSIC ON THE WEEKENDS, HE DECIDED TO DEVOTE ALL HIS TIME TO HIS PASSION OF PLAYING MUSIC FULL TIME. HIS MOST KNOWN BANDS WERE DESPERADOS AND WHITE LIGHTNIN. HE ALSO PLAYED MUSIC FROM NASHVILLE TO THE KEYS, OPENING FOR SUCH GREAT BANDS AS THE GRASS ROOTS, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, AND NEAL MC COY.
IN 2003, HE BEGAN PLAYING FULL TIME AS A SOLO ACT, PERFORMING AT COUNTLESS VENUES AS "THE AL JONES SHOW". IN 2016, AL SUFFERED A VOCAL CORD INJURY FROM MINOR SURGERY, HE THEN RECRUITED BARRY BRADLEY TO PERFORM WITH HIM. AL PLAYED GUITAR BY EAR AND HAD A NATURAL GIFT OF FIXING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. HE WAS A SPIRITUAL MAN, WHO PRAYED DAILY TO HIS GOD IN JESUS NAME.
HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COUNTLESS NUMBER OF FANS, WHO WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS NATURAL ABILITY TO ENTERTAIN AND MAKE US ALL SO HAPPY.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD OCT 2, 2021, UPSTAIRS 12 - 6 PM AT THE INDIAN RIVERSIDE PARK, 1707 NE INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, JENSEN BEACH, FL. WE WILL BEGIN WITH PRAYERS, FOLLOWED BY EULOGY AND SPECIAL SPEECHES ABOUT THIS AMAZING MAN. WE WILL HAVE FOOD, CASH BAR, AND OF COURSE, LOT'S OF MUSIC. SEATING IS AVAILABLE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU, HOWEVER, TO BRING A CHAIR, JUST IN CASE. THE PORCH IS HUGE AND THE PARK IS BEAUTIFUL. FLOWERS CAN BE SENT TO THE UPSTAIRS PAVILLION AT THE PARK AND DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO TD BANK IN THE NAME OF AL JONES MEMORIAL FUND.