Venus Jones.Venus Jones smiles for a picture.Venus Jones' parents, Bessie and Albert Jones, smiling for a picture.Venus Jones' mother, Bessie Reid Jones.Venus Jones' father, Albert Jones, Jr.. He served in the U.S. Army's 784th Tank Battalion, an African American battalion that served under General George Patton in WWII.The top photo features Venus Jones' brother, Culbert. The bottom two photos are of Venus Jones and her younger brother, Albert.Venus Jones stands with her brother, Albert.Venus Jones and her brother, Albert Jones, during their childhood.Venus Jones and her brother, Albert.Venus Jones smiles for a picture.Venus Jones poses for a portrait.Venus Jones with her siblings (from left to right: Vicki, Culbert, Albert, Venus) at a celebration for their parents' 50th wedding anniversary.Venus Jones' family and friends at her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.Odell with nuns at the hospital in Haiti.Venus Jones' father and her two brothers (left: Albert III, middle: Albert, right: Culbert) at their parents' 50th wedding anniversary.Venus' mother, Bessie Reid Jones, and her paternal grandmother, Alice Jones, visit MWC (Mary Washington College).Venus Jones poses with her mother.Venus Jones meeting her adopted son, Odell, in a nun-operated hospital in Haiti.Venus Jones' son, Odell.Venus Jones' son, Odell.Venus Jones and her son, Odell.Venus Jones' son, Odell.Venus Jones teaching her son, Odell, how to use a lasso.Venus Jones in the lab with her son, Odell.Hannibal Reid, who Venus Jones helped to raise and mentor.Russell Davis (who Venus Jones helped to raise and mentor) poses for a picture with his family.From left to right: Venus Jones' father, Russell Davis, and her uncle, Robert.Venus Jones in front of Marshall Hall on Mary Washington's campus.Venus Jones with some of her classmates at MWC.Venus Jones poses for a photo on campus at MWC.Venus Jones on campus at MWC.Venus Jones admires flowers on MWC's campus.Venus Jones at her graduation from Mary Washington College.Venus Jones' graduation portrait next to the graduation portrait of her mother, Bessie Reid Jones.Venus Jones' family and friends pose with her at her graduation from Mary Washington College.Venus Jones walks at her graduation.Venus Jones at her graduation.Venus Jones competing with one of her horses.Venus Jones on horseback.Venus Jones on horseback with her sister, Vicki.Venus Jones' horses.Venus Jones' horses.Venus Jones competes with one of her horses.Venus Jones gives roping lessons.Venus Jones demonstrates how to use a lasso.Venus Jones in the lab.
