Jerry D. Jones

JERRY D. JONES WAS A BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, MENTOR, TEACHER, AND MINISTER WHO FAITHFULLY SERVED THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BORN IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON JULY 2, 1956, AND RAISED IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. JERRY WAS A DECORATED U.S. AIR FORCE VETERAN WITH 24 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE. HE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMAND CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT AT THE NATION'S PREMIER SPECIAL OPERATIONS WING OF HURLBURT FIELD, FLORIDA.
A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO YOUTH MENTORING, EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND MINISTRY DEFINED HIS JOURNEY.
ROLES OF INFLUENCE INCLUDED THE MINISTER OF OPERATIONS AT STRIVING FOR PERFECTION MINISTRIES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT A ROYAL GENERATION, ELDER AT MERCY SEAT MINISTRIES, ASSISTED IN ELEVATING THE MINISTERIAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE AT STRIVING FOR PERFECTION MINISTRIES, MORE THAN 15 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACHIEVED 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT STATUS UNDER HIS GUIDANCE. HE REMAINED A TRUSTED ADVISOR THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
A GRADUATE OF TROY STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY, JERRY PURSUED GRADUATE STUDIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH A FOCUS ON NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT. LICENSED TO PREACH IN 1996 AND ORDAINED IN 2001, HIS WORK WAS MARKED BY WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND UNWAVERING FAITH. HE AND HIS LATE WIFE, DEBI JONES, SHARED A LIFE OF LOVE, SERVICE, AND FAITH.
JERRY JONES PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 68 ON 06/27/2025.
JERRY IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN - PATIENCE MAXWELL, DESTINY POWELL, AND JEREMY JONES - CHERISHED AS G-POP, PAPA-DAD, AND PAPA TO NINE BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN: AMAYA MAXWELL, MONTEZ MAXWELL, TY MICHAEL MAXWELL, DAIJAH ENCARNACION, JAXSON POWELL, JAYDEN WHITTINGTON, AYDEN INGRAM, JORDYN JONES, AND JAELYNN JONES.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SIBLINGS - HARDY MICKENS, WILBERT MICKENS, WILLIAM MICKENS, AND JAMES MICKENS - AS WELL AS HIS BELOVED AUNT, MARGARET JONES-BLANCHARD.
JERRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM EDWARD MICKENS AND HARDY MAE MICKENS, AND BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, ROYAL ALEXANDER JONES, AND MARY BELL COBURN-JONES.
GUIDED BY LUKE 12:48: "TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH WILL BE REQUIRED," JERRY'S LEGACY OF SERVICE, STRENGTH, INTEGRITY, AND PURPOSE WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH EVERY LIFE HE TOUCHED.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE TO BE HELD AT STRIVING FOR PERFECTION MINISTRIES ON 07/12/2025 AT 11:00AM.
FLOWERS AND DONATIONS MAY ALSO BE SENT TO STRIVING FOR PERFECTION MINISTRIES: 24 BASS AVE. SW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548