Memorial arrangements have been announced for 41-year-old Brunswick County sheriff’s detective Kyle Jones, who died Monday.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Odell Williamson Auditorium on the campus of Brunswick Community College in Bolivia. Burial will follow in Brunswick Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the New Beginnings Community Church in Shallotte.
Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Mose Highsmith said Jones died Monday at his Oak Island home.
“Detective Jones was a 19-year veteran of law enforcement,” Highsmith said. “He served the citizens of Columbus County from 1994 until 2000, and served the citizens of Brunswick [County] from 2000 until his death.
“Sheriff Ingram asks that you keep the family of Detective Jones in your prayers,” Highsmith said.
Steve Lanier, who worked with Jones at the sheriff’s office for many years, remembered Jones as one of the people who helped Lanier when he was shot on duty.
“It was people like Kyle Jones that pulled me through 12 years ago. It was people like Kyle Jones that put their heart into saving a brother like Tony Caison. It is the legacy of Kyle Jones where he taught us all how to live—live for one another and maybe one day, God willing, we will meet him in heaven.
“Love you brother Kyle. Your were way better to me than I deserve and you made me a better person. God Bless you and your family,” Lanier said.
Jones was born in 1971 in Horry County, S.C., to Barbara Skipper Jones and the late Jerry W. Jones. He graduated from West Brunswick High School in 1989. While at West, Jones was an all-conference selection in baseball and basketball.
He graduated from Southeastern Community College in Whiteville and began his law enforcement career with the Whiteville Police Department. He later worked for the Columbus County Sheriff’s Department, where he was a sergeant in the narcotics division.
After working at the Bald Head Island Police Department, Jones went on to work as a detective at the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office and the Shallotte Police Department.
Jones was a member of the Southport Masonic Lodge and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Quartet.
In addition to his mother, Jones is survived by his wife Lisa Pridgen Jones; a daughter Chloe Reyde Jones; mother-in-law Shirley Pridgen; a brother Mark Jones, his wife Amy and son Chase; grandmother Allene R. Jones; four aunts; one uncle; and all of his law enforcement family.
