A brother dead

and brothers mourning

Fill the heart

with grief today,

And the earnest

grasp fraternal;

Speaks, “a dear one

passed away.”

Yes, no longer

we shall greet thee

In the halls of DKE,

Yet thy name

in sweet remembrance

Graven on

our hearts will be.

We have parted,

Brother, parted,

As we trust, to meet again,

In a full unbroken circle,

Free from sorrow,

grief and pain.

Geoge Hilton Jones, III, Ph.D.

A Rhodes scholar from Baton Rouge, LA, he died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in Charleston, IL, where he had resided for many years. Born in Baton Rouge on Jan. 11, 1924, to Judge and Mrs. W. Carruth Jones, he had an outstanding scholastic career as a student, historian, writer and college professor. He graduated from University High School in 1940, followed by graduation from Louisiana State University, after attending the U. S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, and military service in the European Theater during World War II. He was initiated into Zeta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon on March 23, 1944, following in the footsteps of his three older brothers who were also members of Zeta Zeta: William Carruth Jones, Jr., initiated March 2, 1934, John Roger Jones, initiated February 28, 1937, and Philip Kirkpatrick Jones, initiated March 7, 1938. Following his L. S.U. experience, he earned a Rhodes scholarship, securing a doctorate in English history at Oxford University in 1950. He was also a Guggenheim Fellow. Jones taught English history at several universities, including Kansas State, Indiana and Texas Tech. He wrote numerous articles and four books in his professional field, namely: "The Main Stream of Jacobitism" (1954), "Charles Middleton, the Life and Times of a Restoration Politician" (1967), "Convergent Forces: Immediate Causes of the Revolution of 1688" (1990) and "Great Britain and the Tuscan Succession Question 1710-1737" (1999). He retired from the faculty of Eastern Illinois University and continued to reside in Charleston until his death. Graveside service at Roselawn Cemetery, Baton Rouge, on Friday at 11 a.m. Survived by his older brother, Philip K. Jones.