Mack Jones [SEP] cause of death
Fame in 2000, and into the International League Hall of Fame in 2013.
Personal life.
Mack Jones died in Atlanta of complications from stomach cancer at age 65. He was survived by his wife Esther Levon Buggs Hill Jones, daughter Gayle Jones, son Rontae Jones, three grandchildren and stepson Antonio Hill.
In popular culture.
Jones is portrayed by actor Phillip Jarrett in the French-Canadian baseball film "".
External links.
- Baseball Reference (statistics and analysis)
- Retrosheet
who decorated the main assembly room of the Murphy Company with Bible verses, Mack first met Bob Jones, Sr., founder of Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University) while serving on the organizing committee for a 1927 revival campaign in McKeesport. Mack was impressed with Jones and told him that he planned to put his “shoulder to the wheel and help you in a big way." Shortly before his death, Mack went so far as to tell Jones to "construct your buildings and send me the bill.