D.S. (Shug) Jones , 94, of Center, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas. He was born October 19, 1919 at home on Tenaha Street in Center to Pleasant Dalton and Dollie Blanche Jones. He had two younger siblings Julia Page and Joe Louis. He graduated from Center High School at age 16 and then attended Bryan Military Academy. He transferred to University of Texas in Austin. D. S. left school and began some of his many adventures. He sold Bibles door to door and hitch hiked across the country, beginning in Baltimore, MD.

He later returned to Center and began working for Bryan Bailey at Chat- and-Chew. At the age of 19 he became a business partner in a drug store/café located on the Center square. Prior to the attack of Pearl Harbor he joined the Army Air Corp. He witnessed the invasion of North Africa.

After returning home he went into the wholesale firework business in several states. He then married Eva Jean Brittain and shortly thereafter began a family. The late fifties to the early seventies he owned Moccasin Manufacturing and Import Company located in Center where he manufactured moccasin shoes and many different household items. He had many trucks distributing goods to a ten state region. He traveled overseas to obtain goods sold or used in his business often saying that he had been around the world eight times. He was one of the first major employers of women in Shelby County. In the late sixties he went into the restaurant and motel business. In 1983 he opened Surplus Sales where he was a familiar face until 2011.

He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Center, Texas.

Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Julia Page Jones Cochran, brother in law Roy Cochran, and his wife Eva Jean Brittain Jones.

He is survived by:

His brother, Joe Lewis Jones and wife Ann

His children:
Dalton Brittain Jones of Center
Damon Jones of Center
Leisa Jones Webster and husband Jeff
Roderick Jones and wife Lisa

Grandchildren:
Audrey Parker and husband Terry
Davis Kline and Cyndi
Julia Reynolds and husband Chris
Madalyn Jones
Colbey Jones

Great Grand Children: Zander Kline, Kendyl Kline, Kamon Parker, and London and Lily Parker

Various niece and nephews

In lieu of flowers please donate to First United Methodist Church of Center, Alzheimer Association, or Center Roughrider Scholarship Fund.

Visitation will be held at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center on Monday, March 24, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. until service time. Graveside service will follow at 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 24, 2014 at Oaklawn Memorial Park with Rev. Joel McMahon officiating.