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The Rev. Jack Monte Jones, 88, passed away December 4, 2024, in San Angelo.
Services are at 10:30 AM Friday, December 13, 2024, at St. John's Episcopol Church in Sanora. Inurnment will follow in the St. John's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
Monte Jones was born July 15, 1936 in San Angelo to Arvid Arthur "Poosty" and Christine Montgomery Jones. Monte was raised by his loving grandparents, Theo and Lillie Montgomery and nurtured by his other grandparents, Gus and Lil Jones.
Monte graduated from St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin in 1954. He attended Texas A&M University for one semester before enlisting into the US Navy serving two years as a Naval Aviation Cadet. Monte graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine with a triple major in English, Speech/Drama, and History. He married the delightful Eira Virginia Inabinet on February 3, 1962 in Corpus Christi. He proudly served in the US Army Special Forces (Airbourne) from 1963 to 1966. After his military service Monte returned to Sul Ross to complete a Master of Arts degree in 1967. Monte taught drama at Henderson County Junior College in Athens and at Monahans High School before entering seminary at the School of Theology, University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, receiving a Master of divinity degree in 1977. Monte was privileged to serve Episcopal churches in Snyder and Colorado City, in the Diocese of Northwest Texas, from 1977 to 1984, when he was called to be Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Sonora, in the Diocese of West Texas until 1998. He served Episcopal churches in Colorado City, Abilene, Junction, Menard and Fort McKavitt as well as Christ Lutheran Church in San Angelo.
Monte was honored to serve as Chaplain of the Colorado City Volunteer Fire Department and the Sonora Volunteer Fire Department and also served as District Chaplain to both areas. He was a member of the Lions Club in Colorado City, Sonora, and the Dynamic Downtown Lions Club in San Angelo. Monte helped organize and start the Covered Wagon Dinner Theater at the Cavern of Sonora, where he created created the character, Biscuits O'Bryan, Cook for the I. O. Everybody Ranch. Biscuits performed at cowboy poetry gatherings in Lubbock, Alpine and Ruidoso, as well as schools and chamber of commerce banquets and other functions in many places throughout the country. Through the character of Biscuits, he wrote three books and also columns in several newspapers and magazines.
Survivors include his wife Virginia Jones of the home; a son, John Robinson Jones of Eugene, Oregon; a daughter, Julie Christine Jones of San Angelo; two brothers, John Augustus "Gus" Jones of Kingsland, and Mark Henry "Hank" Nasworthy and wife Nola of Mansfield; and a whole herd of precious kitty cats.
A message from The Rev. Jack Monte Jones; "Please honor my memory by helping someone else through your favorite charity or by making a contribution to St. John's Mission Endowment Fund, St. John's Episcopal Church in Sonora. I'll be praying for you, God willing, face to face with Our Lord Jesus Christ!"