Dr. Arvil Jones is the youngest of fourteen children - seven
boys and seven girls. His wife of 50 years, Carolyn Jordan-Jones comes
from a family of fifteen - nine girls and six boys.
Both Arvil and Carolyn was born and raised in the hills of Kentucky. They met when they were fifteen, and married at age seventeen. Arvil and Carolyn are now the proud parents of three children and the proud grandparents of seven grandchildren. Dr. Jones earned his first college degree from Temple Baptist College in Springdale Ohio, an Associate of Ministerial Studies. Then, in 2006, he went on to earn his Masters Degree in Theology, and Doctorate in Religion from Christian Bible College of Rocky Mount, NC.
While earning his degrees, Dr. Jones continued to work as a truck driver, served as a Pastor of a Baptist Church, and taught school as a Substitute Teacher for two years, during which time he also wrote a book entitled...The Faith, The Cross, The Gospel, and The Worship of God.
In April of 2012, Dr. Jones discovered that he had had "numerous" heart attacks. Then, after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery, and being unable to work at his truck driving job, he was invited to co-author a novel with his wife’s first cousin - Ernestine Smith-Collins. In less than three months, Mrs. Smith and Dr. Jones produced a novel entitled Heavenly Places.
While writing that novel, Dr. Jones also finished another book he had begun, but abandoned, years earlier, entitled - Giving the Devil His Due.
Also, while recovering from his surgery, Dr. Jones wrote fifty-five poems, including one which he wrote for Queen Elizabeth II, entitled The Whispering Rose.
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