Former Mayor Bob Jones to be Honored with Reception Prior to Nov 7th Danville City Council Meeting

Former Danville mayor Bob Jones turns 85 years old later this month.  And current Danville mayor Rickey Williams, Jr says they wanted to do something special for him.  After all, sometimes opportunities to do something special for someone can be missed.

AUDIO: We thought this would be a great time to recognize him for all of the wonderful things that he’s done for Danville over the years.  You know, it’s kind of one of those things, give people their flowers while we can celebrate together.  We had been talking about doing something for him and Bill Black; and, unfortunately, we lost Representative Black.  So, then I also knew that there was this group interesting in honoring Mayor Jones in some way.  So, we just decided to collaborate.  

So the collaborating parties contacted Jones’ former secretary, Judy Henk; who passed along the word.  The reception honoring Former Mayor Bob Jones will be 3 to 6 PM; Tuesday, November 7th in the City Council Chambers, prior to the 6 PM City Council meeting, with a special ceremony at the start of the meeting.

AUDIO: A lot of the things that we have in this community wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Mayor Jones; a lot of the businesses out in the Eastgate and such.  So I think it’s important to thank him for the job well done.

Bob Jones was the first mayor elected under the new mayor-aldermanic form of government, after that change was made in 1987.  Jones served as mayor until 2003.