James Melville Jones
In honor of
James Melville Jones
Here, early on the morning of April 17, 1972, Jimmy Jones died in a forest fire burning across the Pocosin. While moving equipment he became trapped when a wind - shift brought the fire back on him.
This marker, erected in the year 2000, by his fellow - firefighters former employees of the Hoerner - Waldorf Corporation and the N. C. Forest Service.
We remember!
Marker can be reached from the intersection of New Bern Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
