The Murder of Auvord Jones Part 2: Criminal Element

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The people of Paris, Texas and Lamar County mourned the loss of hermit 79-year-old Auvord Bevans Braithwaite Jones, many in an…unconventional way. On February 1st – just a few days after Auvord’s body was found, tourists of the macabre descended upon his series of shacks on the outskirts of town, looking, likely, for his hidden fortune as if he were some kind of exiled leprechaun. “Keep out by order of Lamar Cty. Sheriff” signs be damned. Newspaper man Bill Jackson wrote a “tribute” to Auvord in which he proceeded to condescend to the newly deceased man, though, perhaps, unintentionally. But while the city of Paris kind of lost its mind or way, County Attorney Jim Thompson and Sheriff Lonnie Player were hitting the case hard but without evidence, they were forced to round up the usual suspects and try to get one to sing. Part 2 of 2.

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0:00.0	Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. The Gone Cole Podcasts may contain violent or graphic subject matter.
0:24.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:26.8	Overed Bevin's Braithwaite Jones was buried on Friday, February 1st, 1963 at Evergreen Cemetery in Paris, Texas.
0:37.7	His funeral held earlier in the day drew a crowd of around 30 people.
0:43.0	Averd's only real can, his brother Barton, could not make the trip to Texas from Indiana
0:49.5	because he was suffering health problems and could not travel.
0:53.4	It was an unfortunate absence to add to the already somber occasion, but dozens of
0:59.3	Overed's people, Parisians, showed up in droves, wearing their Sunday best.
1:05.9	They had great respect for him, as did the modest city's children who had grown to befriend
1:11.6	the man because of the kindness he showed them and no doubt the
1:15.4	mystery and eccentricity that surrounded his character.
1:19.8	Oh, and for the occasional good fortune predictions.
1:24.1	The funeral was open casket.
1:26.9	Locals had pitched in to buy Averd Jones a brand new suit, something he hadn't worn
1:32.1	for at least the 42 years he'd been in Lamar County.
1:36.4	His beard and hair were neatly brushed.
1:39.7	Baptist pastor, the Reverend J.L. Widman gave the internment.
1:45.2	As he asserted, it's not a man's outward appearance that counts.
1:49.7	God looks inside the heart.
1:51.8	Tears fell from the modest crowd. Women, men, and children either nodded
1:57.0	in agreement or softly said, Amen, as they remembered the man's charitable character, his friendly and attentive conversation
2:05.3	style, and his honesty.
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