CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Jerry Lee Jones, 73, of Cleveland, formerly of Richmond, winning the battle to cancer, but losing the battle to Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Disease, died peacefully May 19, 2010, at his residence with his wife and daughter by his side.

He was born July 12, 1936, in Morehead City, N.C., son of the late Walter and Lucille (Willis) Jones.

Mr. Jones was a self-employed commercial fisherman for 50 years from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to Cape May, N.J. He fished, shrimped, scalloped in the Atlantic Ocean and clammed in the St. John River in Florida until his retirement in 1999.

Mr. Jones was a special deputy for the Sheriff’s Department in Beaufort, N.C., Carteret County from 1970 to 1982 under Sheriff Ralph L. Thomas.

He and his wife,, Madeleine (Jolicoeur) Jones, were foster parents for eight years in Brevard County, Fla.

Upon retiring, he and his wife moved to Richmond, where they had lived until moving to Tennessee in October 2003.

Mr. Jones was a Traditional Catholic and was Brother Joseph Benedict, a Third Order member of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at St. Benedict Center in Richmond.

He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Madeleine I. Jones of Cleveland, Tenn.; a daughter, Jerri Ann (Jones) Willis, of Waynesboro Tenn.; three sons, Donnie Lee Jones, James Allen Jones and Walter Eugene Jones all of Beaufort N.C.; his grand-daughter, Christine (Jones) Schroth of Louisville Ky.; a grandson, Mark Gilikin of Waynesboro Tenn.; three great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends are invited to call at the Cournoyer Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 33 River Street (Route 202 south) in Jaffrey on Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m.

A Requiem Mass will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010, at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel at St. Benedict Center, 95 Fay Martin Road in Richmond.. Burial will follow in St. Benedict Center Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St. Benedict Center, Post Office Box 627, Richmond 03470 toward Masses for the repose of his soul.

To view an on line memorial, send a condolence to his family or for more information, please visit www.cournoyerfh.com.