Born 9 October 1895, Brookfield Missouri
Wayne C Jones was born in Brookfield, Missouri because his father went to Missouri to buy horses. There he met Victoria Crawley, married her and had 3 sons in Missouri before coming home.
Honorable Discharge states that he was discharged from the US Army on 13 Feb 1919 from Camp Pike, Arkansas. He was a 21 year old cashier when he enlisted, had brown hair, brown hair, fair complexion, and was 5'6" in height. Serial # 2,111,649 as a Corporal in the Medical Department. His enlistment report states he enlisted on 6 Oct, 1917 at California, PA. Was promoted to Corporal on 27 Oct 1918. He was of excellent character. Served 19th Co.5th Inf Bn, Camp Sherman, O 6 Oct 1917>11 Nov 1917; Co "C",336 Machine Gun Bn, 11 Nov 1917>1 June 1918; Co 22 6th In Bn 1 June 1918>26 July 1918; Infirmary #3 26 July 1918>13 Feb 1919. Was entitled to wear the Victory medal.
His obituary states that "Mr Jones operated the Jones Electric Store in Monongahela for 23 years and was President of the Monongahela Businessmen's Association in 1948. He also was a former A & P district assistant superintendent and was a PA pure food inspector. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the church board of trustees and was the past president of the Mercer Bible class. He was Past Commander of the Frank Downer Post of the American Legion, Monongahela, and supervised the Sons of the Legion for many years. A veteran of WWI, he served in the 336th Machine Gun Battalion and was a member of the Friendship Barracks of the Veterans of WW1." George H Giles , Pastor of the First United Methodist Church officiated the service.
From the" Directory and Financial Statement of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Monongahela, PA., Conference Year ending 1 Oct, 1930." Wayne belonged to the following organizations: The Mercer Bible Class, The King's Guards, The Standard Bearers.
Larry Jones, his grandson, remembers him as a good man. He had a below the knee amputation after getting a gangrenous infection after stepping on a rusty nail. He always sat outside on his theater chairs, or inside on a large velvety chair and listen to ballgames. It used to amaze me as a child that you could follow the game over the radio. He would also give us money for ice cream or watermelons. He was very generous. He also was a hunter and kept his guns stored in an over the hall closet. It was always an extra special treat to see those hunting rifles. Dad, James Wayne , said that Grandpap could shoot amazingly long shots with open sights. He had many mounted deer heads to prove it. His 30-30- Winchester Model 94 was passed to my Dad, James, who passed it down to me. It is my most prized possession from my Dad. I hope to pass it to my son Cody when the time comes. Wayne owned many plots of land. He owned 1/4 interest in DeLaneys Cave, now known as Laurel Caverns. James W said he sold it because it was just a hole in the ground. My Dad said they stayed overnight in it on several occasions. He also owned several cabins in Canaan Valley off Route 40 just before The Yough. A large farm on Mt Zion Rd in Elk County which he sub-divided into separate lots as hunting camps. He also owned many properties in Monongahela and New Eagle. On property was on 6th St in Monongahela along the railroad tracks were the Fire hall now stands. He owned Jones Philco, an appliance store with a 5 or 6 lane duckpin bowling alley in the basement. I remember the old TV' and radios in the store, as well as all the tubes and repair equipment in the back of the store. Wayne also solved an armor car robbery. The Delaney gang blew up a armored car by blowing it up by placing explosives in the road because there was no armor under the truck. There was a Real life hero comic book made up telling the story.