Harold Monkey Jones

Mr. Harold [Monkey] Jones age 80, passed away Thursday morning February 7, 2013 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga.  Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the funeral home at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013 with Pastor Steve Golden officiating burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening February 8, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. other times the family residence 720 Felder Street Americus.  Serving as active pallbearers will be the grandsons, Chase Bean, John Wilder, Shaun Yates, Lester Jones, Wiley Jones, Thomas Moore, Tyler Bean, Jordan Bean, Josh Worth, Austin Brown.      Mr. Jones was born in Mayesville, SC the son of the late Robert Lester Jones and Leah Evans Jones.  He was a Master Electrician and even though retired he maintained his license. He came to Americus in 1963 as a member of the electrical team that wired Magnolia Manor. He decided to stay and work for Thiers Electrical and in 1968 went into...