caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
laurence c. jones , date unknown july 13 , 1975 jackson , mississippi st. joseph , missouri american november 21 , 1882 founder of piney woods country life school lcjones.jpg laurence c. jones
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laurence c. jones

laurence clifton jones -lrb- november 21 , 1882 -- july 13 , 1975 -rrb- , was the founder and long-time president of piney woods country life school in rankin county , mississippi .
a noted educational innovator , jones spent his adult life supporting the educational advancement of rural african-american students in the segregated south .
