Born May 6, 1929, he was the son of the late Isaac Hardeman Jones and Rosemary Lyons Jones.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Roberta Lyons Jones and Laurie Jones Whitehead and a brother, Gerald Lyons Jones.
Michael was a US Navy veteran and worked for NASA (Mercury thru Apollo). He was retired from the Department of Chemistry at UGA.
He is survived by his wife, Mary W. Jones; two sons, M. Zachary Jones and David I. Jones and his wife, Leah; sister, June J. Willis; grandchildren, Kalynn, Lyndsay, Maverick, Enoch, Christi, Owen and Ethan.
A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.