Patrick Burrus Jones (September 11, 1934-January 15, 2019)

Patrick Burrus Jones

Patrick Burrus Jones, Jr. was born on September 11, 1934, in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama [1-18]. He was the only child born to Patrick Burrus Jones and Reba Pilcher [1-18]. Patrick spent his formative years growing up in Dothan, Alabama, where his family was well-known for their impressive pedigree and pioneering spirit that helped in the founding of Houston County [20]. To support his family, Patrick's father operated the Burroughs Adding Machine Company and Pilcher Gin [3-4, 21-25]. His father's entrepreneurial endeavors and his parents' civic involvement made them prominent members of society within their community [3-4]. Patrick received his early education winding his way through the Houston County, Alabama, school system until graduating from Dothan High School in 1952 [26-30]. As a student, Patrick displayed his parents' willingness to participate in civic affairs, becoming a member of the drives committee, the golf team, and the yearbook committee, along with being a hall monitor and class officer [29-30].

Patrick Burrus Jones, Dothan High School, 1952

In Patrick's high school yearbook, he stated his motto as "willing to work and work with a will [29-30]." It is a characteristic that he displayed well while pursuing his higher education at the University of Alabama in pre-med, where he graduated with his Bachelor of Science in 1955 [26-28]. While there, he earned initiations into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta National Health Preprofessional Honor Society, and Sigma Nu Fraternity, where he also served as a reporter [26-28, 31-35]. But beyond Patrick's academic pursuits, he also played on the golf team [26-28, 31-35]. A passion he enjoyed with his friend and first cousin, Gardner Edward Dickinson, who later became a professional golfer [26-28, 31-36].

Nancy Trantham Rodenbough 1957, July 21, The Dothan Eagle, Dothan, Alabama, Page 11

After completing his education in 1957 at the University of Alabama Medical School, where his hard work of being consistently on the dean's list paid off by graduating as an Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society member at the top of his class, Patrick turned his attention towards his personal life [26-28]. And on July 20, 1957, that attention led to his marriage to Nancy Trantham Rodenbough in Dothan [37-51]. Born November 18, 1936, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Alabama, Nancy was the daughter of Albert Churchman Rodenbough and Martha Jenette Morton [53-62]. A graduate of Dothan High School in 1955, Nancy lived up to her high school reputation, "grace was in all her steps and [in] every gesture dignity [63-64]." A 1957 Dental Hygienist graduate from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in Birmingham, seemingly Nancy was the perfect match for Patrick [65]. Like Patrick, Nancy immersed herself in social affairs in high school and college, belonging to the Varsity Club, Future Teachers Of America, Latini Socii, and the high school newspaper as a columnist [63-66].

Patrick Burrus Jones
 1955, November 27, The Dothan Eagle, Dothan, Alabama, Page 9, Page 2

In the first years of their marriage, Patrick and Nancy faced several changes. After honeymooning in New Orleans, Louisiana, they made their first temporary home with Patrick's parents in Dothan in the same home Patrick had grown up in [69]. In September 1957, they moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where Patrick graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine with his conferred doctorate [68]. The following year, on September 24, 1958, in Dothan, they welcomed their first son, Patrick Burrus Jones [2-4, 67]. In May 1959, after graduation, packing up their small family, Patrick and Nancy moved to Denver, Colorado, where Patrick, as a Lieutenant, began his internship at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center for the United States Air Force [2-4, 62]. While there, they welcomed their second child, a girl, Nancy Shannon Jones, born May 14, 1960 [2-4, 70-71]. In August 1960, Patrick and his family moved, once again, to Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he remained serving as a Captain and Obstetrician in the Air Force, delivering over 1000 babies [2-4. 70-72].

Patrick Burrus Jones

In August 1963, Patrick and his family returned to Birmingham, where Patrick began his residency in pathology at the University Hospital [2-4, 73]. Nearly two years later, completing their family, he and Nancy welcomed their second son, Thomas Rodenbough Jones, on January 25, 1965 [2-4, 71]. But, the following year, in 1966, Patrick and his family make one final change and return to Dothan, Alabama, where Patrick began a laboratory with his colleague, Dr. Frank G. Stephens [2-4]. It would be a practice they would grow together, eventually serving a 75-mile radius in the tri-state area [2-4].

Throughout Patrick's life, he remained an active member of his community and church, serving God faithfully as an evangelical Christian [2-4]. For his community, Patrick served as the President of the Historic South Inlet Beach Association and on the Board of Directors for the Inlet Beach Water System, Inc. in Walton County, Florida [2-4]. And for his God, he helped to establish the Grace Anglican Mission Church in Dothan, Apostles-by-the-Sea in Rosemary Beach, Florida, and Christ Anglican church in Cashiers, North Carolina [2-4]. Undoubtedly, Patrick left his mark on this world. But when the hours were quiet and time revealed itself, Patrick did what he enjoyed the most, reading poetry, history, biographies, and religious materials [2-4]. However, like his famous cousin, Gardner, the hobby he enjoyed the most was eighteen holes and the golf ball that he "Let Er' Rip[36]."

On January 15, 2019, Patrick said goodbye permanently to the family who faithfully stood surrounding him when he took his final breath, ending his marriage of 61 years [1-4]. His life concluded where it had begun 84 years before [1-4]. His interment is at Dothan City Cemetery near his parents on the land his ancestors donated over a century ago [1-4]. Ancestors that had also left their mark on their community!

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