Pressley W Jones

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Pressley Jones, N8UG, "The Wireman", on Tuesday, April 10,2018. He was the son of the late Pressley Webb Jones Sr. and Mother Ella Jones and beloved husband of his late wife Virginia Jones, and grandfather; Danika Shotwell.
He is survived by his three children; Kathryn Jones of Mexico, Jeffrey Jones, of Florida, Brenda Shotwell of South Carolina, Dear friends Donald & Deborah Atkins of South Carolina. His grandchildren; Abbie Rodgers of South Carolina, and Miah Ariel Jones of California. Along with three Great Grandchildren; Sara and Isobel Shotwell, and Carter Hazen.

He was an MIT graduate in food technology and worked with food preservation in the army. Then he worked on a cattle ranch before landing a job at Gerber's in Michigan. He later transitioned to head up the full dinners division of Sara Lee Food in Chicago. After four years in Chicago he returned to Michigan where he first bought a restaurant in Newago. Then built a new restaurant in Croton. Dad was always learning. In order to build a walk in cooler he studied refrigeration. Followed by electronics in order to maintain it. Dads love of electronics found him converting CB's to Ham Radio's. He then discovered that the ham radio industry was lacking in well suited wire, and he created the Wireman from the ground up. He is greatly loved and will be greatly missed.

From his son, Jeff:
Dad was blessed with loads of good sense. He was a dedicated, hard working and and had excellent sense of humor.

A private service will be held at a later date.