Allen L. Jones

Allen L. Jones, 59, Tipton, died at 6:15 a.m. Thursday, February 23, 2006 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.  He was born February 16, 1947, in Elwood to Garnet F. & Mary V. (Bohannon) Jones.

He retired from Tipton Fire Department in 1993 after serving as Deputy Chief and Training Instructor.  He worked as an investigator for the State Fire Marshal's Office from 1995- 1996 and was the former director of the Tipton County 911 Dispatch Center.  Allen was an instructor for the Indiana Fire Instructors Association and a member of the FOP.  He belonged to the Indy GTO Club, was a Little League coach and he enjoyed restoring hotrods.

He is survived by one daughter, Andrea Delph and husband Bob, Tipton; one son, Jarrod Jones and wife Amy, Tipton; a special companion, Susie Dickover; one sister, Jeanette Sloan, North Carolina; six grandchildren, Jordan Davis, Brooklynn Delph, Brice Delph, Kelby Jones, Kyra Robinson and Isaac Jones.  One granddaughter is deceased.

Allen's funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 27, at Rock Prairie Baptist Church, 421 Ash Street, Tipton, with Rev. Kevin Carr presiding.  Burial will in Fairview Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 26, at Young-Nichols Funeral Home, 216 W. Jefferson Street, Tipton, and from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Monday at the church.

Memorials may be made to the Tipton Fire Prevention Fund, 227 E. Jefferson Street, Tipton, Indiana, 46072 or the Tipton Honor Guard c/o Tipton County Foundation, P.O. Box 412, Tipton, Indiana, 46072.