Clarence Jasper "Buddy" Jones

August 13, 1934 - April 14, 2014

Clarence Jasper "Buddy" Jones, 79, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Aiken County and a son of the late Roy and Lillian Parrish Jones, he was the husband of Lacoie Buffington Jones. A Residential Contractor, Mr. Jones had served in the SC National Guard 122nd Engineer Company in Saluda and was a member of Gassaway United Methodist Church. Surviving is his wife of 57 years, Lacoie Buffington Jones , a son, Mickey Joe (Debby) Jones of Midway, GA, a daughter, Tonya Michelle Jones of Clinton, a sister, Edelphia Rushton of Saluda, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Jones was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Crouch and Pauline Hall and two brothers, Albert Jones and Willie O. Jones. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 pm, Wednesday evening at Ramey Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11 am, Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Gassaway United Methodist Church with Rev. William Hightower officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Saluda Nursing Center, P.O. Box 398, Saluda, SC 29138 or to Gassaway United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Melissa Porter, 274 Old Gassaway Rd., Saluda, SC 29138.