Circumstances of Death
Special Agent Jesse Wilburn Jones and other agents were searching for a suspected moonshine still in an area three miles east of Philipp, Mississippi. After wading through mud and water for over one and one half miles, Agent Jones suffered a severe heart attack. The agents carried him back to the government car and rushed him to the local hospital, but he died later that evening.
Background
Agent Jones joined the Alcohol Tax Unit (ATU) on April 4, 1944, and was assigned to offices in New Orleans; Waco, Tyler and Corpus Christi, Texas; and Clarksdale, Mississippi. He carried badge #966. Previously, he worked with the U.S. Border Patrol and was a U.S. Army veteran.
Personal
Agent Jones was born in Rockwall, Texas. He was survived by his wife, Essie and their children, Anna Jo, Jesse and Wilburn.
