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, according to UGA student newspaper The Red & Black, and he was in important situation.
He suffered a extreme mind damage within the accident, per the report.
Jones had been on a searching journey on St. George Island in Florida, the outlet added.
A walk-on operating again, Jones didn’t seem in a recreation for the Bulldogs and was now not with the group.
“Gleaton lived life to the fullest and emoted pleasure and enthusiasm in each endeavor,” Jones’ obituary page reads. “For such a young age, he created a full life for himself, and for others, by investing deeply in his household, pals, fraternity, and repair to others by way of his rising religion. Identified by his closest pals as ‘Gleat,’ he was described as merely joyful and magnetic.”
“There was no room large enough that his brilliant gentle was unable to fill. By all accounts, he was well-liked, in style, and charming, however much more so, humble, form, empathetic, and personable- making his pals really feel cherished and essential. His light-heartedness and joyful disposition may elevate others to happiness, and his listening expertise typically 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 diploma and had deliberate to return dwelling to affix his father in operating 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 baby, he would discuss his love of tractors and desirous to farm like his daddy and granddaddy.
“Whether or not within the mountains snowboarding with household or taking numerous searching journeys with pals, he made cherished recollections and located pure pleasure in taking within the blessings of the outside with these he cherished.”
