Garrett Monroe Jones

Garrett Monroe Jones December 7, 1999 - August 1, 2013 Garrett Monroe Jones, age 13, of St. Augustine, passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Folkston, Ga. from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born and grew up in Jacksonville where he attended Assumption Catholic School and Assumption Catholic Church. He moved to St. Augustine in 2008, and was currently a student at Gamble Rogers Middle School and a member of St. Anastasia Catholic Church. Garrett was a thoughtful and intelligent young man and was enrolled in the I.B. (International Baccalaureate) Honors Program at Gamble Rogers. He played football for the Junior Falcons through the South Menendez Athletic Association. He loved playing video games and all outdoor activities, including fishing, hunting, surfing, and hanging out with the "32080 Beach Club." Garrett had a very loving and easy going personality and will be remembered as a "gentle and sweet soul." Most of all he loved his family, especially adoring our newest member, baby Jayce. He was Jayce's guardian angel on earth, and is surely an angel in heaven. Garrett touched so many lives and now that he is back in God's arms, his memory will eternally, and forevermore, live in our hearts. He is survived by his parents, Brett & Jenni Jones of St. Augustine; his big sisters, Brittany Jones and Kelsey Jones, both of St. Augustine; nephew Jayce Jones of St. Augustine; paternal grandparents, Gary & Beverly Jones of Fitzgerald, Ga. (formerly of Jacksonville); paternal great-grandmother, Nellie Jones of Fitzgerald, Ga. (formerly of Jacksonville); maternal grandmother, Eleanor Bird of Jacksonville; Aunt Amber Jones May; Uncle Mike May; Uncle Jack Bird; cousins Dillon and Miranda May, John and Troy Bird all of Jacksonville, and many, many extended aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 10, 2013, at St. Anastasia Catholic Church with Monsignor Eugene Kohls officiating. Interment will follow at San Lorenzo Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, August 9, 2013, with a vigil at 7:00 p.m. at St. Johns Family Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Johns County Marine Science Program Scholarship in memory of Garrett Jones, Attn.: John Gordan, Gamble Rogers Middle School, 6250 U.S. 1 South, St. Augustine, Florida 32086. St. Johns Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.