Lem C. Jones, Jr. passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours of January 23, 2025 at his home in DeRidder, LA at the age of 72.

He was born in Kilgore, Texas to Lem C. Jones Sr, and Margaret Jones (Hill) and was the oldest of four boys. As a military family they traveled a lot, but home was always Louisiana where both sides of the family had roots. After high school he attended the ROTC program in Natchitoches, LA during college at Northwestern State University of Louisiana where he earned a BS in Mathematics, but the military was his passion.

His dedication and patriotism to his country was a cornerstone of how he lived his whole life. He served in the US Army Field Artillery program in Ft. Sill, OK for the early part of his career, and held many command positions. He did multiple tours of duty overseas, including one tour in Germany where his daughters were able to be with him. Even after retiring from the military, he worked as a civilian liaison with the Army at Ft. Polk, LA until his retirement. He was an avid bowler during his military life, and even took up golf for a brief time, but always came back to bowling. His weekends would be spent playing in bowling leagues throughout the majority of the 1980’s with his bowling buddies. He enjoyed many, many hours spent with family hunting deer and dove, from his youth all the way up to retirement. The other passion is his life was his daughters, grandchildren, and great-granddaughter. He loved being Papaw almost as much if not more than he loved being Daddy. He enjoyed his retired years watching football and game show network, but most importantly spending time with his family.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lt Col (USAF, ret) Lem C. Jones, Sr, his nephew Richey Jones, and his granddaughter Katherine Jones. He is survived by his mother, Margaret Jones, his daughters Christine Scott (Gary) and Margaret Wyman (Anthony), grandsons ETN1 Robbie McCabe USN (Sara) and Richie McCabe, his great-granddaughter Ramona McCabe, three brothers Ron Jones, Lt Gen (USAF, ret) Tom Jones (Debbie), and Maj Gen (USAF, ret) James Jones (Heidi), and numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews.

Services will be held at First Methodist Church of Coushatta on Thursday January 30, 2025 at 1:00pm under the direction of Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home, Coushatta, LA. Military graveside service to follow at Clear Springs Cemetery in Martin, weather permitting.

Memorial donations can be made to VA Medical Center in his name, if desired.