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In 1994, The Daily Gleaner published a series of articles questioning the legitimacy of the inquest and other suspicious circumstances of his death. Many believe he might have been a victim of political assassination. However, the true cause of Ken Jones' death is mysterious and controversial. KENNETH JONES, Minister of Communications and Works, died in the Montego Bay hospital this morning as a result of injuries he suffered in a fall from the upstairs balcony of his room at the Sunset Lodge Hotel, where members of the Cabinet, other members of the Parliament and their top Civil Service advisers were spending the week-end in a special 'retreat' conference to review Government politics and plan future action." The Daily Gleaner, Jamaica's most important newspaper, reports his death in these words: On October 11, 1964, Ken Jones died in an untimely manner. Gladys Rebecca Jones, their daughter, was born in 1960. In 1958, Ken Jones was married to Marlene d'Auvergne Holtz of Kingston. Trans Atlantic telephone service was opened to the UK and agreements were in place for Air Canada and Lufthansa to commence service to Jamaica.Instituting a program to build post offices with living quarters upstairs.Commencing work on the Sandy Gully Drainage System in Kingston.Launching a program to twin the bridges on the national highway.
The major achievements during his tenure include: In 1962, Ken Jones was appointed Minister of Communications and Works of Jamaica. In 1955, he was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Eastern Portland. In 1953, he served as a Justice of the Peace. He first worked in the business, and in 1951, he was elected to the Portland Parochial Board, which marked the beginning of his career in public service. During the war, there were about 400 Jamaicans serving as RAF air crew, and Ken Jones was one of them. Upon completion of his training in Canada, Ken Jones served as a Flight Sergeant. After that, he left Jamaica to attended Earlham College in Indiana, but soon, in 1943, he joined the Royal Air Force. Ken Jones attended Munro College, a boarding school for boys in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, between 19. Other children of Fred and Gladys include Evan Jones (born December 29, 1927), who became a poet, playwright and screenwriter.
In 1959, she was awarded MBE by Queen Elizabeth the Second. Gladys Jones played an important role in the school, including helping to initiate the transformation of the school into an academic high school. She was a graduate of William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and she arrived at Happy Grove School in Portland in 1918 for her mission. Their mother, Gladys (nee Smith), was a Quaker Missionary. Their father, Frederick McDonald Jones O.B.E., was a planter and a prominent member of the local Anglican Church. Ken Jones and his twin brother Keith were born on Septemin Portland Parish of Jamaica. Kenneth Arthur Newton Jones (1924–1964), better known as Ken Jones, was a Jamaican politician and former Minister of Communications and Works (1962–1964).
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