Elvin "EJ" Darsey Jones, Sr.

Aiken- Elvin Darsey "EJ" Jones, 72, died Jan. 30. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, Feb. 2 at St. Johns United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Bethany Cemetery downtown Aiken. He was born in Patterson, NJ to the late Chester Jones and Wylene Cowart Jones Crosby. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia, Navy veteran, grew up in McRae, GA and lived in Macon, GA working for Bibb Manufacturing Co. and later went to work for RMS, Inc. who owned Shoneys and Green Boundary Restaurants. He later went on to buy out RMS, Inc. and operated these restaurants for many years, before selling them back to RMS, Inc. He opened Eejays Restaurant in 1978. He was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church. Survivors include his sons Elvin D. "Butch Jones, Jr., Charleston, SC and Gerald Lee Jones, North Augusta, SC. Other survivors include a grandchild, Kaylee Jones, Aiken, sister, Kathryn Batchelor, Chapin, SC and a brother, Robert Jones. He was preceded in death by his wife, Donna Lee Hurst Jones and brother James Jones. Memorials may be directed to Aiken Co. Sheriff Dept. Defibrillator Fund, 420 Hampton Ave., Aiken, SC 29801 or St. Johns United Methodist Church 104 Newberry St., Aiken, SC 29801. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 at Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC. Please sign his online memorial at shellhousefuneralhome.com To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Elvin "EJ" Darsey Jones, Sr., please visit our flower store.