A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home in Seminole, Fla. — located at 7950 131st Street North — for Fredric E. Jones, 84, of Seminole, Fla., who died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Friends and family will gather from 10:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the funeral home. A reception will follow onsite.
Fred was born on Nov. 1, 1940, in Hattiesburg, the son of the late Cecil E. Jones and the late Mary Louise Dunn Jones. He served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1961. After his honorable discharge from the Navy as a hospital corpsman second class, he earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Mississippi and completed a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He went on to serve as assistant and associate director of Pharmacy Services at Massachusetts General and as an associate in medicine at Harvard University Medical School’s Computer Science Center.
Fred’s scholarly contributions included authoring the chapter on Addison’s Disease in the first edition of “Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics” (1975). His career later took him to Saudi Arabia where he was director of pharmacy at two hospitals before returning to the United States to work at VA Hospitals in Boston, Mass., and in Bay Pines, Fla.
A longtime resident of Seminole, Fla., Fred was an active member of the community, serving with the Community Emergency Response Team, the Friends of the Library and the committee celebrating the 50th anniversary of the City of Seminole. Beyond his professional and community accomplishments, Fred was a world traveler and scuba diver. He explored the world with curiosity and delight — embracing new cultures and friendships wherever he went. Fred had a remarkable ability to connect with people, maintaining deep and lasting relationships from every stage of his life – from his childhood in Grenada and his Navy service, to his career in healthcare and fellowship grown from his more than 40-year friendship with Bill W. and Dr. Bob.
Survivors include, his brother, G. Richard Jones; his beloved children, Adrianne K. Holmes and Christopher E. Jones; their mother, Lynda Tadema-Wielandt and his cherished grandchildren, Ethan Jones, Elyse Jones and Audrey Jones.
Fred will be remembered for his kindness, humor, charm and unwavering friendship. His life was full of purpose, adventure and love, and his memory will live on in all who had the privilege of knowing him.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Southwest Indian Foundation at www.southwestindian.com
“Love doesn’t die, people do. So when all that is left of me is love, give me away.” — Merrit Malloy
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.dignitymemorial.com and search Fredric E. Jones.
Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home in Seminole, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
