Mon, 01/11/2021 - 3:30pm Robert M. Jones, Sr. ROCKPORT — Robert M. Jones, Sr., (Bob), 89, passed away peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport, December 28, 2020. Born in Union, February 1, 1931, he was the only child of Miles L. and Lois Hay Jones. Bob grew up in Union and attended local schools before joining his father in the logging industry. It was said he could load a train car with pulp wood faster than anyone in his day! Bob married Lucille Quin on April 20, 1951. He was drafted into the Army in 1953 and served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a tank driver. He was later transferred to Fort George G. Meade in Maryland where Lucille was able to join him. They made life long friends during that time. The couple returned home in 1955 and he was honorably discharged in 1961.