Junius Wallace Jones

Junius Wallace Jones, B. S., (April 3, 1890 – February 14, 1977) was a major general in the United States Air Force. He was the Air Inspector (a precursor to Inspector General) for the Air Force when it was formed in 1947.

Early life Jones was born at Centenaria, the former home of the president of Centenary College, in Jackson, Louisiana, on April 3, 1890, to Philip Huff Jones, M.D. and Annabelle Smith, the second-born of five children. Jones was descended from a prominent local family, his paternal grandfather was John Welch Jones, MD. having been director of the East Louisiana State Hospital (then called the Insane Asylum of Louisiana) and his maternal grandfather having been a plantation owner.

Jones came from a family with a military tradition. Jones descended directly from three soldiers, Samuel Jones, Thomas Jackson, and Samuel Hilton, who served in the Revolutionary War with General Francis Marion, Jones received private primary and secondary education. He was attending Louisiana State University in his junior year when he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, which he entered on March 1, 1909.

United States Army Jones received his commission as a second lieutenant on June 12, 1913, and was assigned to the coast artillery at Fort Monroe, Virginia. In June 1943 he returned to Washington as air inspector of the United States Army Air Forces where he remained for the duration of World War II.

Personal life Jones married Mary Beirne Harmon (b. January 15, 1891) at New York in December 1914, Mary Beirne Harmon Jones died on July 28, 1917, at the age of 26, giving birth to Mary Beirne Jones (Kerr).

Jones married Josephine Lanier,

Jones remodeled Centenaria, the home of his parents at the time of his birth, to serve as his personal residence. where he resided with his wife, Anne Howell Jones, for the remainder of his life.

Death Jones died at Centenaria on February 14, 1977, after a stroke. Jones is buried in the cemetery of Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville, Louisiana.