Barbara Williams Jones

Profile Updated: July 13, 2023
Where do you live? St. George, UT USA
Spouse/Partner? Since what year? Jeff Jones 1975
Homepage: Facebook
Occupation, or former occupation (when did you retire?): Sales and marketing director for Chick-fil-A, Corporate Alliance, Southern Utah, Gephardt Approved, WKS Corp.
Children (Year born), # of grandchildren, if any: Todd,born 1977, Kelley, born 1979, Catherine, born 1981, Caroline, born 1985
12 grandchildren, More…one married, and one on a mission in Chile.
Places you've lived since high school, when?

I have lived in Salt Lake City, Sandy, and St. George, Utah.

What have you been up to since High School?

I have been very fortunate to make my own hours, and provide sales and marketing tips and techniques for many different companies. This enabled me to host an event at The Governor's Mansion with Chick-fil-A food. Governor Huntsman was quite a fan! I fancied it up with silver chaffers and serving pieces, and it was quite a hit! I love thinking outsiside the box.
Corp. Alliance in St. George did not have a Women in Business program, so I started one by inviting businesses to lunch with chocolate. That's all it took, Then Cedar City Corp. Alliance was next, followed by a Women in Business program there.
When we moved to St. George, I new no-one , so this was exciting.
From here, I hosted a 3 day Thrive Symposium For Women at Dixie State University, two different years.
When covid hit, I had just helped launch a new app, and was preparing to launch another one, and we had an event posted that I was emceeing. Well, that took care of that!
Now, St George is just for fun and a great escape from winter!
Retired? Nah, if something came along, I could really sink my teeth into, I'd be all about it!

What do you like to do in your spare time? What lights you up?

I love spending time with my our kids and grandkids, and either attending or watching their many events. Two of our daughters live out of state.
I have an adorable pup, named Lyla, because, you don't go with your daughter to pick up her puppy without coming home with the sister!
We are avid Utah fans, and have had season tickets for 40 years! Go Utes! I actually tore my meniscus cheering for them at the championship game in Vegas when they took the lead!
My latest passion is pickle ball. I guess you could say I'm addicted, because we play at 6:00 A.M. I hope my knees hold out! I look forward to seeing all of you!

What did you always want to do (or be) that you haven't done yet?

Tour the Greek Isles and The Holy Land.
I would also love to attend a Super Bowl!

High School Story/Reflections/Memories:

Pep Club, to which my grandchildren say, what is that? I do have videos of our marches and us in the stands with those shall we say
adorable hot uniforms and our little white gloves. Lots of fun memories!
I was fortunate to go to Europe my sophomore and junior summers with Dave and his dad Merril and his mom Melba Croft, and Mr C. and Dean Collett They were all wonderful! Im not sure I appreciated the value of everything I saw as much as I should have.
I loved them all. They were all so much fun and definitely put in their time to insure everyone was taken care of and had a good time.

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