Glen Jones passed away Wednesday morning, July 9, 2025, having just reached the age of 94.
He was born to Herbert and Rozelle Jones on June 16, 1931, in Clinton, NC, and moved to Hampton, VA the next year. Immediately upon graduation from Hampton High School in 1948, he enlisted in the Air Force, serving 11 years as a radio operator and cryptographer.
Glen married his sweetheart Hilda Starling on February 20, 1954. He was called to preach in November 1958 and left the military on June 7, 1959, to follow that calling. Glen and Hilda pioneered a Pentecostal Holiness church in Sierra Vista, AZ and pastored for 3 years until he was elected as the conference superintendent for Arizona in 1962. While serving in that role for 8 years, he also pastored churches in Glendale and Phoenix, AZ.
Following God’s leading, he next pastored at Lamont, CA for 4 years and then moved to Hampton, VA where he and Hilda pioneered the Abundant Life Tabernacle and pastored until March 2014, for a total of 55 years in the ministry.
Glen was preceded in death by his loving wife, Hilda Jones, parents, Herbert and Rozelle Jones, one sister, Catherine Tyndall, and three brothers, Ronald, Royce, and Gene Jones. He is survived by his sons Mike Jones (Denise) of Newport News and Tom Jones (Juanita) of Yorktown, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and his brother Pete Jones (Gloria).
A celebration of Glen’s life will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, July 12 at the Abundant Life Tabernacle, 101 Blackburn Lane, Hampton, VA 23666. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News.
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Still looking for That Blessed Hope that Pastor Jones taught us about. He inspired a Saved experience and holy living in an entire generation of us that were privileged to sit in his teaching. What a man of God and what a family that seeks the Lord and lives right. We are all better off for having know Brother Jones, and seen his description of life in three circles. May God richly bless all who love him and the legacy he provided us all.
My deepest sympathies. Sorry for your loss.
So sorry to read about Derwood passing. He was an awesome man. His father and my grandmother were brother and sister. We go back a long time. But he was special to our family. When we needed him, he was always there. Now he has joined my husband in the Heavenly Home. Again, I’m so sorry. Mrs. Joyce Good D’Bene (Cousin)