Ancil Theodore Jones, 96, of Advance, died Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem.

He was born August 5, 1929, in Knoxville, TN, to the late Oscar Donaldson and James Reeta Green Jones. Mr. Jones honorably served in the United States Army before earning a Bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Tennessee. He dedicated his professional life to education, spending his career as a teacher in the public school system.

Survivors include his wife, Nancie Carol Jones; children, William Robert Leslie Jones, Lisa Reneé Jones Church (Chip), Teresa Caryl Jones Hindman (Brian); siblings, Leonard Jones, Oscar Donaldson Jones, Jr., Bonnie Smith, Milton Jones, Darrell Jones; grandchildren, Nicklaus Jones (Ashley), Gregory Jones (Casey), Jacob Hindman (Sarah), and Blake Church; and great-grandchildren, Liam Jones, Elias Jones, and Cooper Jones.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 26, at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton, with Pastor Brian Hindman officiating. A memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m., Saturday, August 30, at Hickory Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 172 23rd Street NW, Hickory, NC 28601.

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