Napier High School, and played basketball at Sue Bennett College.
[5] Jones was elected Perry County Circuit Court Clerk in 1975, and served until 2000.
Together, the men spearheaded a scheme in the 2008 elections in which they accepted 7,500 to fund get-out-the-vote efforts, but instead of using the money for its intended purpose, Jones and Neace used the money to buy votes from 75 Perry County votes.
In 2010, both Jones and Neace pleaded guilty and were convicted of mail fraud.
[6] Jones died of cancer on April 7, 2016, at a hospice facility in Richmond, Kentucky.