district residence death_date death_place birth_place image_size party state_house birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
52nd auburndale , florida 9 july 2015 auburndale , florida auburndale , florida 180px democratic florida 19 april 1930 1970 vivian juanita cannon c fred jones.jpg c. fred jones
 1992 c. fred jones citrus/cattle farmer university of florida
c. fred jones

c. fred jones -lrb- april 19 , 1930 -- july 9 , 2015 -rrb- was an american politician in the state of florida .
jones was born in 1930 in auburndale , florida .
he was an alumnus of the university of florida , earning a b.s. and b.a. in 1952 .
he became a member of alpha kappa psi business fraternity in 1950 .
after attending university , he served in europe with the united states air force from 1952 to 1954 .
he was elected as mayor of auburndale in 1962 serving until 1964 .
he represented polk county and parts of surrounding counties in the florida house of representatives from 1970 to 1992 .
he was a democrat .
jones was married to vivian juanita cannon , also a native of auburndale ; with her he had three children .
his religion was baptist and he was a farmer by profession , in the citrus and cattle industry .
he was also a member of the local auburndale rotary club and american legion .
jones died at an auburndale , florida hospice on july 9 , 2015 at the age of 85 .
