Obituary of Randall A. Jones

Randall "Randy" Akins Jones, 62, of Port St Lucie, passed away August 10, 2013 at Mayo

Clinic in Jacksonville after a long fight with leukemia. He was born November 30, 1950 in

Ft Lauderdale, FL and was raised in Immokalee, FL from 1950 until he went to Gordon

Military Academy in 1967. He was a graduate of Florida State University in 1972 where he

was a proud member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He originally entered the mortgage

banking business with Commonwealth Service Corp, but in 1974 entered the gas and oil

business as Vice President of One Stop Oil Company, a retail operator of convenience

stores in Jacksonville, FL. He then went on to become President of Xcel Foods, a chain of

convenience stores in Ft Walton Beach, FL and then President and Chief Operating Officer

of Ray Distributing Company, a Jacksonville based gasoline and convenience store chain.

From 1991 to 2002 Randy was President, Chief Executive Officer and owner of TS

Marketing in Okeechobee and then Port St Lucie, FL. From 2003 to present Randy has

owned and operated TimeSaver Food Stores, a local chain of Town Star convenience

stores and Subway restaurants. He has been a resident of Port St Lucie for 20 years and

was an avid pilot and outdoorsman, truly enjoying flying, boating, fishing, hunting and

sport shooting. Randy is Past Chairman of the Okeechobee Economic Council, Past

Chairman of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association where

he was inducted into the organizations Hall of Fame in 2006. Randy served as Chairman of

the Board of Trustees, Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute for over 10

years and was a member of the Community Advisory Board for Seacoast National Bank.

Randy is survived by his loving wife of 28 years Brenda Jones, his brother and sister in law

Edwin A. "Wynn" Jones Jr. and Melinda Jones of Port St Lucie, FL, his nephews Edwin J.

Jones of Stuart, FL, Evan C. Jones of Port St Lucie, FL and nieces Helen Wynnette Jones of

Los Angeles, CA and Kara Mindy Edwards of Tampa, FL and his beloved kitty Snowball. He

was preceded in death by his father Edwin Jones in 2000 and his mother Sara Jones in

2010.

A family visitation will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 at Westside Baptist Church in Ft

Pierce at 10:30 a.m. followed by a celebration of Randy's life and all of the good memories

he has left us at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions in Randy's memory to Treasure Coast

Hospice, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997 and Hospice of Okeechobee, 11 SE 4th Street,

Okeechobee, FL 34974.