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After 64 years, Korea War veteran Lotchie Jones comes home

People of the town of Jasper, Tenn. turn out to pay respects as the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Lotchie Jones moves past the courthouse and Jasper Drug Co., where he boarded a bus for the War in Korea in 1950.
People of the town of Jasper, Tenn. turn out to pay respects as the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Lotchie Jones moves past the courthouse and Jasper Drug Co., where he boarded a bus for the War in Korea in 1950. People of the town of Jasper, Tenn. turn out to pay respects as the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Lotchie Jones moves past the courthouse and Jasper Drug Co., where he boarded a bus for the War in Korea in 1950.

By Ben Benton 3 min read

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Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. CST today at Tate Funeral Home, 450 Mel Dixon Lane in Jasper, Tenn. The service will be held there Friday at 11:30 a.m. CST. Jones will be buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

photo Lotchie John Ray Jones is seen before he joined the service

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Remains of Pfc. Lotchie Jones now in Tennessee, bound for home in JasperHome at last: Family never forgot Marion County teen who shipped out for Korea in ’50

photo People of the town of Jasper turn out to pay respects as the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Lotchie Jones proceeds past the courthouse and Jasper Drug Co., where he boarded a bus for the War in Korea in 1950. From left are Vickie Tuders, Kristy Walden, Regina Phillips and Mark Griffith, all from Marion County Schools Central Office.

More than six decades after he got on the bus in Jasper, Tenn., to take his place among the ranks of soldiers serving in Korea, Pfc. Lotchie John Ray Jones’ remains returned to his hometown on Wednesday.

The soldier’s nephew and namesake, Lotchia Allen Jones, called his uncle’s arrival in Nashville an emotional occasion.

“What a moving and emotional time. When that casket passed by me, whoo,” he reflected. “Seeing that flag and knowing the history that lies there, it just makes your hair stand on end.”