Former Georgia soccer participant Gleaton Jones, who was on the 2021 nationwide championship group, died on Friday.
He was 21.
Jones was concerned in a automobile crash earlier within the week, in keeping with UGA scholar newspaper The Red & Black, and he was in essential situation.
He suffered a extreme mind harm within the accident, per the report.
Jones had been on a looking journey on St. George Island in Florida, the outlet added.
A walk-on working again, Jones didn’t seem in a sport for the Bulldogs and was not with the group.
“Gleaton lived life to the fullest and emoted pleasure and enthusiasm in each endeavor,” Jones’ obituary web page reads. “For such a young age, he created a full life for himself, and for others, by investing deeply in his household, associates, fraternity, and repair to others by his rising religion. Known by his closest associates as ‘Gleat,’ he was described as merely joyful and magnetic.”
“There was no room large enough that his vibrant mild was unable to fill. By all accounts, he was well-liked, fashionable, and charming, however much more so, humble, sort, empathetic, and personable- making his associates really feel beloved and necessary. His light-heartedness and joyful disposition may carry others to happiness, and his listening abilities usually gave peace of thoughts and encouragement.”
Jones, an Albany, Ga. native, is survived by his mother and father, Marlin and Kirk Jones, and his brother, Cole.
He was set to graduate within the spring with a advertising and marketing diploma and had deliberate to return house to affix his father in working their household farm.
“Gleaton’s Southwest Georgia roots ran deeply,” the obituary web page reads. “A lover of the outside, he was an avid hunter and had a honest curiosity in and appreciation for God’s creation. As a toddler, he would discuss his love of tractors and desirous to farm like his daddy and granddaddy.
“Whether within the mountains snowboarding with household or taking numerous looking journeys with associates, he made cherished recollections and located pure pleasure in taking within the blessings of the outside with these he beloved.”
