GREGORY DAVID “GREG” JONES

By From JT Staff Reports

Gregory David “Greg” Jones, age 58, of Bellefontaine and formerly of Marysville, Ohio, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, with his loving family by his side following a courageous ten-year battle with cancer.

On February 6, 1968, Greg was born in Paintsv...

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