Army Spc. Rodney Aaron
Jones
"When
I lost my son, I lost my best friend",
writes Renee Jones, mother of Spc. Jones
She submitted
the following poem that her son
wrote when he was a teenager:
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Read more about
Spc. Jones at the Arlington National Cemetery
Website.
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Rodney, known as PI to friends
and RJ to his fellow officers was born December 25,
1982. He lost his life September 30, 2004 in Iraqi Freedom.
He is survived by his mother Renee Jones, Father, Robert
Whitfield, his sister Felicia, and his 2 brothers, Floyd
and Christopher DeVine.
LOVED
FOREVER
NEVER FORGOTTEN!
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Army Spc. Rodney
A. Jones, 21, of Philadelphia; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas; was killed Sept. 30,
2004, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive
device exploded near his dismounted patrol in
Baghdad, Iraq. Spc. Jones was awarded the Bronze
Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal and Combat
Infantryman's Badge posthumously.
Visit his memorial
at Fallen
Heroes Memorial
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Sometimes
God picks the flower
That is still in full bloom;
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen
That we feel He's picked too soon.
Sometimes the flower is fading
With petals floating down,
But God knows the perfect time
To gather flowers from the ground.
There is a heavenly garden
In which God takes great pleasure
Because He's placed within it
The loved ones that we treasure.
He walks among the blossoms
Giving them eternal rest,
And I know that it must please Him
Because He chose our very best.
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