Hiram "Doc" Jones
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Hiram L. Jones | |
|---|---|
 US Air Force photo of Jones | |
| Born | Hiram Lee Jones 7 November 1937 |
| Other names | "Doc" |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Chaplain |
| Military career | |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Years | 1969–1999 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Awards | |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | United Methodist |
| Title | Elder |
Hiram Lee "Doc" Jones (born 7 November 1937) is an American United Methodist leader and retired chaplain in the US Air Force.
In Madisonville, Texas,[1] on 7 November 1937, Hiram Lee Jones was born to Ada (née Standley;[2] born 1897/1898) and Dan L. Jones (born 1891/1892). By the 1940 United States census, Jones had two siblings: brother Jim Dand (born 1926/1927) and sister Doris Marie (born 1929/1930), and the family lived on a farm in rural Madison County, Texas.[3]
Jones graduated from Madisonville High School.[4] He later earned a Bachelor of Science from Sam Houston State University in 1959, and was ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1963.[5] Jones received a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Perkins School of Theology, and after spending six years serving civilian parishes, he joined the United States Air Force in 1969. In 1974, Wiley College awarded Jones the honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity.[4] By January 1997, Jones was an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church.[6] After his retirement, Jones and his wife moved to Greater Houston in 1999.[1]
