Kenneth Arthur Newton Jones

Ken Jones' mysterious death is portrayed in his brother Evan Jones' 1998 novel Stone Haven. A fictionalized Ken Jones in the name of "Sir Arthur George Jennings" is one of the narrators of Marlon James' 2014 novel A Brief History of Seven Killings.

However, the true cause of Ken Jones' death is mysterious and controversial. Many believe he might have been a victim of political assassination. In 1994, The Daily Gleaner published a series of articles questioning the legitimacy of the inquest and other suspicious circumstances of his death.

On October 11, 1964, Ken Jones died in an untimely manner. The Daily Gleaner, Jamaica's most important newspaper, reports his death in these words:

In 1958, Ken Jones was married to Marlene d'Auvergne Holtz of Kingston. Gladys Rebecca Jones, their daughter, was born in 1960.

In 1946, Ken Jones returned to Jamaica. He first worked in the business, and in 1951, he was elected to the Portland Parochial Board, which marked the beginning of his career in public service. In 1953, he served as a Justice of the Peace. In 1955, he was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Eastern Portland. In 1962, Ken Jones was appointed Minister of Communications and Works of Jamaica. The major achievements during his tenure include:

Ken Jones attended Munro College, a boarding school for boys in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, between 1935 and 1942. After that, he left Jamaica to attended Earlham College in Indiana, but soon, in 1943, he joined the Royal Air Force. Upon completion of his training in Canada, Ken Jones served as a Flight Sergeant. During the war, there were about 400 Jamaicans serving as RAF air crew, and Ken Jones was one of them.

The Hon. Kenneth Arthur Newton Jones (1924–1964), better known as Ken Jones, was a Jamaican politician and former Minister of Communications and Works (1962–1964).

Ken Jones and his twin brother Keith were born on September 1, 1924 in Portland Parish of Jamaica. Their father, Frederick McDonald Jones O.B.E., was a planter and a prominent member of the local Anglican Church. Their mother, Gladys (nee Smith), was a Quaker Missionary. She was a graduate of William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and she arrived at Happy Grove School in Portland in 1918 for her mission. Gladys Jones played an important role in the school, including helping to initiate the transformation of the school into an academic high school. In 1959, she was awarded MBE by Queen Elizabeth the Second. Other children of Fred and Gladys include Evan Jones (born December 29, 1927), who became a poet, playwright and screenwriter.