Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hello Son, Well here it is your daughter's 14th birthday. It is hard to believe that she is 14 and that you have been gone for 5 1/2 years. She is growing up to be a lovely young women. I wish I were closer in distance to her.
Well, Dad and I are doing great on the boat--no hurricanes as yet this season--hope that trend continues. We think of you all the time. Not a day goes by that something doesn't remind us of you. We will always miss you, but we know that you are watching over us.
I love you more than imaginable.
Mom

Darlene Jones
Mother

August 16, 2010

Hello Son, Well here it is your daughter's 14th birthday. It is hard to believe that she is 14 and that you have been gone for 5 1/2 years. She is growing up to be a lovely young women. I wish I were closer in distance to her.
Well, Dad and I are doing great on the boat--no hurricanes as yet this season--hope that trend continues. We think of you all the time. Not a day goes by that something doesn't remind us of you. We will always miss you, but we know that you are watching over us.
I love you more than imaginable.
Mom

Darlene Jones
Mother

August 16, 2010

HEY MARK JUST STOPPING BY TO LET YOU KNOW I AM COUNTING THE DAYS DOWN UNTIL I COME SEE YOU!!!!I WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK.. WISH I COULD SEE YOU IN PERSON INSTEAD OF LEAVING YOU FLOWERS!!!THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR ME TO DO!!!! WELL PLEASE KEEP WATCHING OVER US AND I WILL BE THERE SOON!! IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO PAST THE MARKER ON THE INTERSTATE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT I ALWAYS STOP AND JUST CRY MY EYES OUT!! THEN ITS REALLY HARD COMING TO WHERE YOU ARE AND SEEING YOUR NAME THERE!!! MY MEMORIES KEEP ME GOING AND REMEMBERING ALL OUR GOOD TIMES!!! WELL I WILL SEE YA!!!!! LOTS OF LOVE MY DEAR FRIEND R.I.P.MARK

THINKING OF YOU AND MISSING YOU
YOU FRIEND FROM GEORGIA!!!!!!!

July 12, 2010

Happy 4th Buddy, Just thought I would drop you a little line. Missing you as always. Spoke with both your brothers today--nothing new with them. Dad and I are enjoying our life on the boat.
Keep watch over your brothers in blue and your family, as I know you do.
Love you more than imaginable.
Love, Mom

Darlene Jones
mother

July 4, 2010

Happy Father's Day Mark

The kids and I love you and miss you. We still think about you every day. You will forever be in our hearts and on our minds.

Love,

Deanna

June 20, 2010

HEY MARK JUST WANTED YOU WRITE AND LET YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING OF YOU AS I ALWAYS HAVE.......I SURE DO MISS ALL OF OUR GOOD TIMES WOW!!!!!! ALL I CAN DO IS SMILE THINKING OF YOU THAT IS WHAT YOU DID THE MOST MAKE ME SMILE........I WILL BE COMING TO VISIT YOU NEXT MONTH AND LEAVE FLOWERS...THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY NEVER IS AND NEVER WILL BE.....I KNOW YOU ALWAYS KNEW HOW SPECIAL YOU WERE TO ME AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED AND NEVER WILL!! WELL I WILL WRITE AGAIN VERY SOON...... I KNOW YOU ARE MY ANGEL KEEP WATCHING OVER ME AND YOUR FAMILY AS I KNOW YOU ALWAYS DO.............LOVE ALWAYS AND FOREVER YOUR FRIENDS FROM GEORGIA!!!!!!!!!!!

your true friend always and 4 ever
missing you so much

June 12, 2010

Hey Mark. It has been awhile since I last posted I know. Sorry about that. Always think about you though. Sometimes I even share your stories with the deputies that come into where I work at now. So of course I never forgotten you. Never will. You had a great sense of humor but of course you knew when to be serious. That's why everyone, your family and friends, loved you. That is why your co-workers respected you. Everytime I drive up that way and I see the sign with your name on it, I smile. Thinking of you. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family and friends. I know you are watching over all of us.

Always and forever your friend.
^_^

Tiffany aka Onyx
Friend from both SC and GA

June 7, 2010

Hi Buddy, Well, your dad and I are on the boat. What an experience. We have encountered some bumps, but we can handle them. Now we are just praying for a mild hurricane season. The dog is doing OK with the change. The weather is hot, just like I like it.
Saw your highway marker on our way to Florida, it always gets to me. You know, crying and such. Sure do miss you. Love you more than anyone can imagine. Keep watch over us.
Mom

Darlene Jones
mother

June 3, 2010

MARK,
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ON MY MIND SO MUCH!!!!!!! I PULLED MY PHOTO ALBUM OUT AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SMILE AS I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES THAT I TOOK OF YOU IN YOUR UNIFORM AND SUIT WHEN YOU WHERE ON YOUR WAY TO COURT!!!!!WE HAD SO MANY GOOD TIMES AND I MISS THEM SO MUCH!!! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT AFTERNOON THAT ME AND YOU TALKED WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU FACE TO FACE!!! MARK I ENJOYED EVER SECOND, MINUTES, AND HOURS THAT WE HAD TALKING FACE TO FACE,TALKING ON THE PHONE,JOKING,LAUGHING AND YOU SINGING. TO THIS VERY DAY I STILL HAVE YOU CELL NUMBER IN MY PHONE I DO NOT HAVE IT IN MY HEART TO DELETE IT. IT WILL JUST STAY THERE UNTIL IT IS MY TIME TO JOIN YOU AND MY FAMILY IN HEAVEN!!!WELL I AM GOING TO GO FOR NOW BUT I WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN VERY SOON.. LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER YOUR FRIEND THEN,NOW AND FOREVER!!!!!!!

MISSING YOU AND THINKING OF YOU DAILY
LOVING YOU ALWAYS AND 4 EVER YOU FRIEND FROM GEORGIA

May 10, 2010

Mark,

I have something I want to share with you, tomorrow I am getting married. I never imagined I would ever be able to love anyone else.

Even though you tried to make me promise that if something happened to you, I would not spend the rest of my life alone. I never promised, I just said ok. I didn't even want to think about the possiblity of losing you. You wanted me to live life not just exist. I could not imagine my life without you in it. Reality is even harder.

Now, looking back, I think somehow you knew what I would have to face in the future. You always focused on how important it was to enjoy life. You made sure we knew how to make even the most mundane tasks fun. No matter what we faced, we made the best of it.

I feel in my heart that you had something to do with bringing Dave into my life. Not very many men would take a chance on someone who was hurt so badly by life. In spite of what I knew you wanted for me, I had already sealed my heart. There was no room for anyone else.

If it weren't for your help I never would have been able to open my heart again. Thank you for sending me someone so compassionate, understanding and most of all, patient.

Mark, you will be forever in my heart. I love you.

Deanna

April 23, 2010

Hi Buddy, Just thought I would say Hello! As always I have been thinking about you alot. Dad and I have the house on the market, the auction is set, and we are just waiting to get to Florida and onto our boat. Her name is Zola--it means peace and tranquility. We are hoping to get back to Florida by the end of May. We are both so excited about our new adventure. I know that we will be guided by God and our special angel. Keep watch over your family.
Love, Mom

darlene Jones
mother

March 29, 2010

Another year has passed and you are still admired and respectfully remembered in the hearts and minds of so many. My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends as another year passes. May they know you will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

March 2, 2010

Mark,

Time has not diminished the fond memories I have of you and our time spent together. I love and miss you brother. Our friendship is something I will always cherish. Thinking of you!

Your Brother Sean

1stSgt O'Neill
USMC Res Off. HPD 01-07

February 27, 2010

Hello Mark David, Just thought I would leave a little message here on the 5th anniversary of your death. Your dad and I are here in the Low Country to visit you this weekend. Every day is hard, but this particular day is extremely difficult. We love and miss you so much. Seeing your name on the grave marker is by far the most difficult. I know that you left this world doing what you loved and that does ease the pain just a little. Well, I'm getting wordy now, so it is time to say goodbye. I love you so very much, not a day goes by that you are not in my thoughts.
All my love,
Mom

Darlene Jones
mother

February 27, 2010

Mark,

Just wanted to let you know how much I love you and miss you. It doesn't seem possible that it has been five years. Our lives have never been the same without you. The world was a much better place with you in it. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you.

Continue to watch over all of us. I miss you.

Love,

Deanna

Wife of Cpl. Jones

February 27, 2010

DEAR MARK,
IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GONE 5 YEARS.I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND REALLY MISS OUR GOOD TIMES. I WIL NEVER FORGET THAT PHONE CALL SAYING YOU WERE GONE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORSE DAYS OF MY LIFE.BUT I DO HOLD ON TO OUR MEMORIES. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SO MANY GOOD TIMES WE HAD.THAT IS WHAT GETS ME THROUGH THESE ROUGH DAYS.PLEASE CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US AS I KNOW YOU DO EVERY DAY... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.. I WILL WRITE AGAIN LATER THIS IS REALLY GETTING HARD ON ME............MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOUR PARENTS,BROTHERS,CHILDREN,WIFE,FRIENDS, AND ALL YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS.LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND 4 EVER...

your friend always and 4 ever
missing you from GEORGIA

February 26, 2010

Dear Mark David,

I love and miss you with all my heart.

Love Dad.

Mark Jones
Father

February 15, 2010

HI MARK JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING OF YOU TODAY JUST LIKE EVERYDAY.....I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY AND LET YOU KNOW YOU WERE LOVED SO MUCH. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND MISSED.. I JUST PULLED OUT YOUR PICTURES THE DAY YOU HAD TO GO TO COURT AND YOU CAME BY AND I TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES AND THAT PRETTY SMILE THAT YOU HAD THAT WAS SUCH GREAT TIMES...I WISH YOU WERE STILL HERE I MISS ALL THE GOOD TIME YOU AND I HAD!!!! BUT I GOT THE MEMORIES AND I HOLD THEN VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART....AND I SURE MISS YOU SINGING MAN DID YOU HAVE A VOICE ND YOU KNEW HOW TO GET ME TO SMILE I ALWAYS TOLD YOU THAT YOU NEEDED TO GO TO NASHVILLE YOU WERE HAVE MADE IT. YOU WERE A GREAT OFFICER AND LOVED YOUR JOB BUT SINGING WAS YOU. MY FAVORITE SONGS YOU SANG TO ME WAS BEER FOR MY HORSES BY TOBY AND WILLIE, AND THE CHAIR BY GEORGE STRAIT. MAN JUST THINKING ABOUT IT MAKE ME SMILE SO BIG... WELL I AM GOING FOR NOW BUT I WILL WRITE LATER..... LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND I MISS YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH............

your friend always and 4 ever
missing you so much ffrom GEORGIA!!

February 13, 2010

Just wanted to let you know, you are always in my thoughts and are missed very much. Truly believe your Heaven assignment is awesome, say Hi to my Dad for me, I know he is in great company. I Lost him on 11/25/09.

Sgt. Cary Clavey
Ex. Co-worker, Partner n Friend

February 12, 2010

Mark,

Hey brother thinking of you.

Sean

1stSgt O'Neill
USMC

February 5, 2010

just stopping by to let you know i am thinking of you as always, not day goes by that i dont have you on my mind!!! i sure wish you were here with us... i miss all the good times we had.. but i hold on to all our memories and that is what gets me threw through these days.. i love and miss you so much!!!!!!!!!!! your friend always and 4 ever.. loving you from georgia always

missing you so much
still can not believe you are gone!!!!!!!!

December 27, 2009

Merry Christmas Mark David,
We sure do miss you. We did Christmas last Sunday at Matt's house. Both Dad and I had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas.
We are trying to get ready for our next great adventure. We are planning to do what we wanted to do before your untimely departure. We will be buying a sailboat to live on and cruise on. We know that you will be watching over us. Remember how great it was out on the other sailboat we had ? That is one of my great memories with you.
Well, as usual, none of our holidays are what they were, but we are trying to get by. It has been nice the past few Christmases being able to spend time with your brothers and their kids, but it now time for your Dad and I to make our own dreams come true.
Merry Christmas again. I love and miss you more than anyone can possible imagine. Keep watch over your family and your brothers in blue. We will be together again.
Love,
Mom

Darlene Jones
mother

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas, Mark.

It's 1:30am on Christmas Eve. Instead of being able to fall asleep, all I can do is think of you. So many memories are spinning through my mind. I am gratefull for all of them.

I think about you every day. I still feel your presence and know you continue to watch over your family and friends. You know how much we still need you.

I love you and miss you so much.

Deanna

Wife of Cpl. Jones

December 24, 2009

Hey Mark, Yep its just me. So wish you could see Jordan and what a Man he is. "17" almost all grown up. I wish I could share him with you and I'm sad he didn't get to have a relationsip with you.

Jordan is on the Skyview Swimming team and just had his first meet last night. "1st place" in Jordan's words " I'm not going lie mom, I a Torpedo" :) He is just like you with his humor, and his physic. You would be so proud of him. Keep looking out for him, he's a great kid and I can't wait for more great things to come. I know he misses you and thinks of you often. Thinking of you also, Tracy

Tracy Sjothun
Ex-Wife

December 9, 2009

Well, here it is another holiday without you. Happy Thanksgiving Son. We will be having dinner at Matt's house later today. I baked the pies, but he is cooking the meal. We will be having fried turkey. Both Dad and I have to work tonight. We all love and miss you so very much. Watch over us and know that the day will come when we will see each other again.
Love,
Mom

Darlene Jones
mother

November 26, 2009