SANTEE – A celebration of life service for Robert Edward “Bobby” Jones, 73, will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. The Rev. Sammy Geddings will officiate and the Rev. Willie Davis will accompany. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Jones passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Born in Gainesville, Fla., he was a son of the late Francis Semmes Jones, Sr. and Aline Dent Stalzer. Mr. Jones graduated from Eau Claire High School and went on to serve in the United States Navy and Coast Guard. He graduated from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., with a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering. He formerly taught at Tidewater Community College. He was the CEO and Owner of Carolina Power Systems of Sumter Inc. Mr. Jones enjoyed fishing, shrimping, hunting, and watching college football. He was a BBQ connoisseur, who especially enjoyed mustard based BBQ. Surviving are his wife, Margie Donovan Jones; step-children, Roger Lee Anthony (April), Jamie Young (Mary), Tosha Young (Mark), Samantha Maynard (Mike), Carrie Plant, and Laura Maynard; brother, John C Stalzer, Jr. (Lynn); sisters, Margo Stalzer Dimmery, Jolene A. Stalzer; 11 grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; and his loving and faithful pets, Sugar and Brady. He was predeceased by a brother, Francis Semmes Jones, Jr.; and his favorite companion, his dog, Dinky. A special thanks to his family, a good friend, Bob Stemba, nephew, Johnny Stalzer III, and Dr. Tamera E. Wolfman for their loving care. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or MUSC Cardiothoracic Surgery or MUSC Internal Medicine.