Luther Handley Jones (1925 - 2008)

Born 21 Feb 1925 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA

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Died 19 Mar 2008 at age 83 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, USA

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Biography

Luther was born in 1925, the fourth of eight children. In his autobiography, Luke wrote about the chores and gardening that kept food on the table during the depression, about his football career in high school, and about joining the Army Air Corps in 1943. In the interval between Sept 1944 and March, 1945, he served as navigator for 51 missions in Europe, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he enrolled in Idaho State University and married Dorothea Cook on Feb 4, 1946. The two had six children and he had a successful career in engineering. He passed away in 2008.

Luther Handley Jones. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S116

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2020), memorial page for Luther Handley “Luke” Jones (21 Feb 1925–19 Mar 2008), Find A Grave Memorial no. 75088676, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA ; Maintained by Theresa (contributor 47355046) . .

• Upper Snake River Family History Center and Ricks College; Rexburg, Idaho; Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2340132

• Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• Autobiography of Luther Handley Jones in possession of Betty Jones Warner.

• www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: R1b-M269 #53 FTDNA kit: B38073.

• Source: S116 Letter. 8 Oct 2016