Thomas Jones

A visionary.

My love & prayers for all the family & friends of Tom. My family thought the world of Tom & Clara. They were wonderful people. Clara & Tom are with their boys now. I pray that they are all togather again.

Rest In Peace Tom after a lifetime of hard work, both on the farm and in the community. I grew up on the adjoining farm. He and my Dad, Mel Gatewood, we're cousins. Later in life they spent time together in the woodworking shop building beautiful furniture. He was well read and full of interesting, sometimes funny opinions and stories. I had the recent pleasure of a long phone conversation with him and found his conversation as lively as it had always been.

Sad to hear of Tom's passing. Tom was a large influence in a lot of our young lives. Whether it was playing youth to High School football with him coaching years ago, or an impromptu basketball game at the Farm, with Tom's signature hook shot. I remember running on Rt 7 with Richard for basketball conditioning and Combining Corn and Soybeans for Tom with Jake running around with the dogs. Both were fine young men taken way too early in life. I learned many things from Tom over the years and...