VOLUME :?2 NUMBER 4
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FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
FEBRUARY, 1978
By Tony Melvin
The beginning of the new
year (1978) symbolizes the
birth of new dreams and
new goals to replace the
worn ones and the hope that
God will grant us the op
portunity to enjoy these
fruits of our labors. So,
joyous life is expressed by
all because these are the
blessings of a just God.
After life there is death.
Death is necessary for
nature because the newborn
must have a place to bed
and nurture... this idea
leaves us to believe that
death will come to all who
live. Look forward to death
by living a rewarding and
full life.
John C. Jones, lived a
rewarding a full life. What is
more valuable than the
respect of ones fellow men,
the love of young folk, and
the call to service from ones
peers? Nothing carries
more value than these
three. Perhaps, the
relationship he had with
young people is what people
IN REMEMBRANCE
OF
JOHN C. JONES
DEATH, A WAY TO END LIFE
remember when Dean
Jones’ name is mentioned.
Young people found in
Dean Jones the qualities of
manhood attributed to few
men in our world. Com
passion, knowledge, un
derstanding, honesty, a
balance of strictness and
leniency, and a willingness
to tackle problems regar
dless of their proportions.
He established excellent
rapport with the young
because he could listen to
them objectively and not
stigmatize any problems of
smaller proportions or low
priority because of moral or
other reasons. This means
more to young people than
anything else because the
young feel that their ideas
and problems are not
listened to by the old. Not so,
with Dean Jones because he
built his reputation by
working among young
people.
Dean Jones leaves a
legacy of fine work with
young people at the Raleigh
and Goldsboro Youth
Centers.
He served for seven years
as a Rehabilitation Coun
selor in the North Carolina
Department of Corrections
at the Raleigh and Gold
sboro Youth Centers before
coming to Fayetteville State
University in 1959 as an
Associate Professor in the
Department of Social
Science. In 1960, he became
Dean of Men and in 1965 was
named Dean of Students.
On July 15, 1977, Dean
Jones, as he was called, was
named Vice Chancellor for
Student Development at
Fayetteville State
University by the Board of
Governors of the University
of North Carolina. This
appointment was approved
approximately the same
time as Governor Hunt
announced his appointment
as a member of the State
Parole Commission. He
assumed his duties as
Commissioner of the North
Carolina Parole Com
mission on July 18, 1977.
Dean Jones was very
active in civic and
educational organizations.
He was a veteran of World
War II and affiliated with
the Cumberland County Red
Cross Board, the United
Service Fund, the Boy
Scouts Council, the North
Carolina Department of
Youth Development, the
North Carolina Conference
for Social Services, the
Governor’s Committee on
Study of Children and
Youth, the North Carolina
Advisory Board of Juvenile
Correction, the State Task
Force for the Study of
Alcoholism Among Blacks,
the Cumberland County
Mental Health Association,
the Cumberland County
Drug Commission, and the
Fayetteville City Schools
Advisory Board. (Mr. Jones
was a life long Democrat.)
He was also a Ruling Elder
of the College Heights
Presbyterian Church and
Past Basileus of the Beta
Chi Chapter of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Dean Jones’ family, his
wife Alice, daughters, Alice
and Donna, his stepmother,
Mrs. Nina Jones, his sisters
and brother, should be
proud of him and his ac
complishments.
His dying is not as sad an
occasion as one thinks
usually. His dying is further >
revelation to us that life
ends abruptly. The goals or
tasks that we wish to
achieve should be ex
pedited. We should use the
full and rewarding life of
John C. Jones as an
example of how our lives
should be lived. Let us strive
to achieve fellowship among
men. Let us strive to
achieve excellent rapport
among the young; thereby
molding them for a similar
life ahead. Let’s strive to
achieve compassion and
understanding so that our
lives will be as full and
rewarding as Dean Jones’
life. These are the un
derlying messages of the
death of Dean Jones. We
have lost a great and
honorable man but we have
gained insight of the
mystery of life. Death is the
proper way to end life, but
let death be one of honor and
service to the principles of
mankind. Dean Jones! We
love you because your living
has shown us how to die.