Daryl Jones

Daryl Jones (born 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi) is a politician from Miami, Florida, United States. The son of public school teachers, Daryl Jones was born in Jackson, MS, the oldest of four children. He attended Lanier High School where he was elected President of the Mississippi State Association of Student Councils and in 1973, graduated valedictorian. Daryl subsequently attended the United States Air Force Academy where he was the middleweight boxing champion, Cadet Vice Wing Commander and a 1977 honor graduate majoring in mathematics. He is the first African-American graduate of a military academy from Mississippi. He has one sister and two brothers. Lt. Jones became an RF-4C pilot in the United States Air Force. He was transferred...