A Verse by Verse Commentary on Revelation
George Elliott Jones was born in 1889, the second son of Dr. W. A. Jones and his wife Etta. Elliott's mother died in childbirth when he was four years old and until their father's remarriage the five young children were cared for by their maternal grandparents. J.R.G.W.N. Adams, a retired schoolteacher and preacher, took an active interest in his grandchildren's education and Elliott learned to read before entering public school. His grandmother, Sarah, managed the doctor's home. She prayed that one of Etta's four boys would become a preacher. Elliott was the answer to that prayer. He graduated from Ouachita Baptist College in 1914, having entered the gospel ministry two years previously. In 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in France and Germany. After his discharge in 1919, he married Miss Faye Crotchett of Argenta, Arkansas. To this union were born two sons and four daughters. G. E. Jones was active in the pastoral, evangelistic and teaching ministry for over 53 years and lectured in many churches across the United States. His writing career began in 1931 and continued until his death in 1966. During this time he contributed articles to various religious and secular papers, and authored 40 books, including That Ye May Marvel or The Significance of Bible Numbers and The Pattern, The Tabernacle, the Christ.