Jon Slo (Crowe) Loneman of Lamkin, Texas passed away on December 3 after a long illness. Jon was born on April 27, 1967 in Langley, Virginia where his father was assigned by the military. Upon his passing, Jon was fifty-eight years old.
Jon is survived by his wife, Pamela Shockley-Loneman of Lamkin. Jon and Pam moved to Lamkin over six years ago to care for Pam’s parents, Harold and Faye Shockley, on their ranch and to assist with Harold’s survey business in Hamilton. Harold passed away in 2023, and Faye passed away in 2024. Since that time, Jon and Pam have continued to care for their parents’ estate and cattle ranch, which Jon loved doing.
Jon was preceded in death by his mother Patricia Ann McCall-McCloud. His father, Eulie Wiseowl Penney, lives in Alaska. Jon is survived by his brothers Mykel Hawke, Eric Roderick and Alex Roderick and his sisters Naomi Penney, Michelle White, Jessica Bert, Nerissa (Netti) Roderick-Whitt and Bridget Roderick as well as many, much-loved nieces and nephews. Additionally, Jon is survived by Pam’s sister, Sheila Lee, her brother, Jonathan Shockley, and Pam’s children Shannon McNett, David McNett and Owen McNett. Pam’s brother, Bruce Shockley, passed away numerous years ago.
An adored granddaughter, Morgan Goodman Janowski, lived with Pam and Jon on several occasions and was an integral part of Jon’s life. Jon is also survived by grandchildren Corbin McNett, Gabriel McNett, and Keenan McNett, Preston Boone, Dylan Maples, Hunter Nicks, Sidney Nicks and Willow Bergeron.
Jon’s early life was spent on the Mattaponi Native American reservation in Virginia where he learned to fish, hunt, love nature and was selected to be the next Mattaponi medicine man. These experiences and the Mattaponi culture and beliefs largely shaped Jon’s beliefs and the man he was to become.
At an early age, Jon headed off to France and joined the French Foreign Legion where he patrolled the Pyrenees and honed the skills he needed throughout his life while serving as a contractor for the United States’ Department of State’s Oversees Anti-terrorist Department of the Pentagon and the Department of Defense. Jon’s combat service took him to Haiti for two years and three years in the Sierra Leone West African Blood Diamond Wars where he was briefly a prisoner of war. When the U.S. Embassy in Liberia was overrun during President Clinton’s administration, Jon was among a handful of men in Sierra-Leone who flew in and safely evacuated the Americans. Jon was truly a warrior and an American hero.
Additionally, Jon fought as a contractor for five years in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. While in Iraq, Jon miraculously survived three IED explosions. He also fought in Guinea-Bissau and several, other undisclosed locations.
Jon’s combat career with the Department of State was briefly interrupted while he served two years in the U.S. Army’s A Co./101st/502nd where he was already assigned in Kosovo on September 11, 2001. Despite only serving for two years with the Department of Defense, he was able to retain the close friendships he developed with many of his fellow soldiers and comrades. Jon actively served in combat in seven, different wars throughout his lengthy combat career, which ended in 2007 when he met Pam.
Jon was the recipient of numerous awards and medals as a result of his service to the United States and was widely known as a fearless leader to his comrades and repeatedly put himself in harm’s way to support his buddies and the civilians of the various countries in which he served.
Upon leaving combat in 2007, Jon was employed as an executive body guard for a Houston family involved in the music entertainment industry, which is where he met Pam. She was privately hired to teach their three children whom Jon was, in part, hired to protect. Jon and Pam enjoyed almost twenty years together and had numerous plans for the future to include touring many of the countries where Jon lived and served.
Jon was a well-known musician and artist in the Houston area and regularly jammed with ZZ Top, Cindy Lauper and other well-known artists. There wasn’t any instrument Jon was unable to master. Some of his art remains in several Houston buildings to this day.
Jon will always be remembered for fighting for what he believed in, standing up for those he loved, having no tolerance for bullies, and the undying love he had for Pam. He was truly a hero, a warrior, and the love of Pam’s life. Jon “Crowe” will always missed by his friends, family, and his numerous comrades whom he considered Brothers.
Rest in peace, Jonnie. You are loved.
Matthew 7:7
