Dr. Basil Allen Jones

May 30, 1927 - April 8, 2019

Dr. Basil A. Jones, age 91, of Blountville, TN passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was a graduate of Blountville High School in 1944; Auburn University attending from 1946 – 1951 and graduated in 1951 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. While attending Auburn, he was a junior member of the A.V.M.A and the Omega TAU Sigma Fraternity. He worked as a veterinarian for over 65 years in Tennessee and Virginia, maintaining an office in the Bristol area for 45 years before relocating to Blountville, TN for over 20 years. He was the past president of the TMVA Tennessee Veterinarian Medical Association and The Tennessee Holston Association. Dr. Jones was an avid supporter of the Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA and rarely missed a Saturday night performance. He was preceded in death by his parents, William G. and Mae Snodgrass Jones; brother, Robert W. Jones and granddaughter, Arlena Pope. Surviving are daughters, Mary Beth Meyer and husband, John of Salem, MA and Carolyn Pope of Bristol, TN; granddaughter, Sara Barnhill of Bristol, TN; niece, Robin Jones of Blountville, TN ; special friends, Donald Blankenship of Blountville, TN and Randy and Debbie Webb of Bluff City, TN; and many friends. The funeral service will be conducted at 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Akard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Susan Arnold officiating. The committal service and interment will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Thursday in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Mark Handy, Davis Woodby, Walter Carr and friends and neighbors of the community. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 6:00 P.M., Wednesday prior to the service. Condolences and memories may be left for the family at akardfuneralhome.com Akard Funeral Home, (423) 989-4800 is serving the Jones family.