What is Bob Jones, Sr.?
{{Infobox Person | name = Bob Jones | image = Bob Jones, Sr.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Davis Reynolds Jones | birth_date = {{birth_date|1883|10|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death_date_and_age|1968|1|16|1883|10|30|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Greenville, South Carolina]] | death_cause = | resting_place = [[Bob Jones University]] | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = [[Evangelist]]<br>[[University]] [[administrator]] | title = President of [[Bob Jones University]] | term = 1927-47 | predecessor = | successor = [[Bob Jones, Jr.]] | party = | boards = | spouse = Mary Gaston Stollenwerck Jones | children = | parents = William Alexander Jones<br>Georgia Ann Creel Jones | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Bob Jones, Sr''' (October 30, 1883—January 16, 1968) was an [[Americans|American]], [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalist]], [[evangelist]], [[broadcaster]], and founder of [[Bob Jones University]]. He was [[Birth|born]] the [[eleven]]th of [[twelve]] children to ''William'' and ''Georgia Jones''. In 1905, Jones [[married]] Bernice Sheffield, who got [[tuberculosis]] and died within ten [[month]]s of their marriage. On June 17, 1908, he married Mary Gaston Stollenwerck, whom he had met as a [[choir (music)|choir]] member. Their only child, [[Bob Jones, Jr.]] was born October 19, 1911 in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.bju.edu/resources/radio/programs/truth.html/ Biography from the BJU website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415225633/http://www.bju.edu/resources/radio/programs/truth.html |date=2008-04-15 }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Bob, Sr.}} [[Category:1883 births]] [[Category:1968 deaths]] [[Category:American Methodist ministers]] [[Category:Evange