Jones Aydelotte

Red is survived by his son Robert and grandson Sean. He leaves 2 very best friends in Larry Bell and Michal Tate.

There will be calling hours on Thursday  from 4 until 6 in the evening at the funeral home.

There will be a graveside service at Sylvan Abbey Cemetery at 10 AM Friday morning.

Red was born in Columbia, Tennessee in 1925 and played baseball for Columbia High School. He was an avid sports fan but baseball and football were his favorites. He had his heart set on a baseball career but Uncle Sam had another idea.

After he joined the Army he traveled around the Country  in his khakis with a “T-5” on his sleeve. He was sent to many exotic places like Camp Forest Tennessee and Ft. Oglethorpe, but he went to college whenever he ended up near one. He went to Texas A&M, Pasadena JC and the University of Utah.

He was then transferred to the Pacific Theater and was stationed in Korea, Hawaii and Okinawa which he always called “The bloody muddy” because of the 30 day stints in a foxhole. His service was as a lineman with the signal corps. His crew was responsible for the erection, maintenance and repair of the telephone and telegraph lines that were being strafed and bombed, usually at the top of 30, 40 and 60 ft poles He also installed underground cable for switchboards and telephones for the headquarters of the “Far East Command”. His tour got him the “American Service Medal”, “The Asiatic-Pacific Service medal with a bronze star, The WWll victory medal and a Good Conduct Medal.

While in the service he married Marion Flemings and upon his discharge they moved to Atlanta. He began playing baseball for the City League and became one of their best players. Fireman’s Insurance paid him to keep playing and thus began a wonderful career playing amateur baseball around the country on 1st base, 2^nd base and catcher. After he retired they offered him a job as an insurance underwriter. He retired from that in 1984.

Red loved baseball and even wrote about his days playing high school baseball. Those memories were fun to read.

When he came to Florida he joined the American Legion Post 7 and eventually became the Commander.

One of Red’s favorite songs was “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole and that is very appropriate because Red really was…Unforgettable.    

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