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Fred Jones, county native and father-in-law of UNC coach, dies at age 96

Fred Jones poses with portrait of his father in a Lightning file photo from 2012.

By Lightning Reports, Published: December 31, 2020

MILLS RIVER — Frederick Bascom Jones, who traced his family lineage to the early settlement of Flat Rock before the Civil War, died Wednesday after an extended period of illness. He was 96.

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