I need to write you that Charles L. Jones died August 1, 1998 and I am enclosing his obituary. My husband was a dedicated soaring pilot as well as a private pilot. He built a primary glider in college (LSU) in the early thirties. He built a 1-26 from a Schweizer kit; then bought a 2-32 and a 2-33. He was Louisiana SSA Governor for many years and did what he could to interest people in soaring and to help however he could.

As a family we have some good memories of conventions, contests, and good friends.
– Mildred Parsons Jones

From the Southwest Daily News, August 2, 1998
Charles Jones
LAKE CHARLES— Funeral services for Charles L. Jones, 86, of Lake Charles will be at 3 p.m., Tuesday, August 4, 1998 in John-son Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. James Jones will officiate and private burial will be in Prien Memorial Park under the direc-tion of the Johnson Funeral Home.

He died Saturday, August 1, 1998 at 9:40 a.m in a local hos-pital.

A native of Welsh he was a longtime resident of Lake Charles where he retired as a rice farmer. He was an Army-Air Corp veteran of World War II and was a graduate of LSU School of Engineering. He was a licensed pilot and had built and flown his own sailplane. He was a member of the Soaring Society of America.

Survivors include his wife Mildred Parsons Jones of Lake Charles, two sons, David O. Jones of San Antonio, Texas and George Wendell Jones of Lake Charles and one sister Elizabeth Hungerford of Lake Charles.