Brenden Jones

Jones was born on May 31, 1974, in Lumberton, North Carolina to Ferrell Jones Sr. and Diane Stevens Jones.[3] He graduated salutatorian, out of a class of less than twenty students, from Waccamaw Academy in Whiteville, North Carolina, in 1992.[4][5] Waccamaw Academy, a small private school which opened in 1968 in response to local public school desegregation, closed in 2012.[6] During his senior year, he worked part-time at his family's small used car business. After graduation, he attended mortuary school at Fayetteville Technical Community College. He received an associate degree in Mortuary Sciences and became the then-youngest funeral director to be licensed in the state of North Carolina.[7][4] In 1994 Jones moved to Greenville, North Carolina to pursue a career in the funeral industry for a total of one year.[7]

In 1995 he went on to work for a manufactured home company, becoming the youngest general manager in the company's history, which also was for a short period of time[7] of only four years.[7] In 1999, he returned to Tabor City where he worked for his father at the family's small used car lot, Ready Motors Inc(established in 1972).[8][3] He has sold used cars up to the present day. In Oct. 2011 Jones also started an auto body repair facility.[7] In 2020, he became co-owner of Ready Truck Auto and RV, another Jones family-owned used vehicle dealership in Lumberton, NC. He married his teenage sweetheart, Angela Cox, on December 17, 1994. They have been married over 25 years. They have two daughters.[8][5] Daughter Savannah-Grace Jones, is a student at Campbell University, a private Southern Baptist University.[9]

He and his family attend the Beaverdam Original Freewill Baptist Church, in the rural community of Beaverdam, near Chadbourn, North Carolina.[5] He was formerly a member of Tabor City Baptist Church. There he served as a Deacon, Chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee and three terms on the Finance Committee. Prior to running for office in 2014, Jones was a past member of the Columbus County Board of Elections and served as the board's chairman.[7] He was on the county board from Jul 2011-Nov 2013.

Jones has participated in the 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 general elections for NC House of Representatives District 46.[10][11] In 2020, NC House District 46 had a population of 70,246. The racial makeup of NC District 46 is 47% White(12% Hispanic ethnicity), 23.4% Black, 15.6% Native America, and 0.3% Asian.[12] NC District 46 is the result of partisan gerrymandering.[13]

On June 25, 2021, he co-sponsored the Feed the Farmer Drop-In Appreciation Lunch in Tabor City in conjunction with the North Carolina Yam Festival . The North Carolina Yam Festival is an agricultural-based festival that celebrates the hard work and dedication of the area's humble farmers. This event was located at Mama's Restaurant, 101 Hickman Road. Hot dogs, chips, Moon-Pies, and a RC Cola were given to farmers who pre-registered for the event.[14]

Jones has voiced his opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, even for healthcare systems in NC.[15] He voted to end federal unemployment benefits linked to the COVID-19 pandemic relief for workers.[16]

              Total votes: 28,924

Numerous bills have been sponsored by Jones. NC H294 - Sale of Salvage Vehicles, NC H91 - Accountability and Fair Play in Athletics, NC H165 - DOT Legislative Changes.-AB, NC H264 - Emergency Powers Accountability Act, NC H403 - Clarify Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws, NC H974 - Honor Jerry Carter, Former Member, NC H650 - Omnibus DMV Bill, NC H692 - Restrict Certain Vehicle Modifications, "Carolina Squat Truck Ban"[21][22] NC H453 - Human Life Nondiscrimination Act/No Eugenics, NC H83 - Eliminate Income Tax for Military Retirees,[23] NC H500 - Disaster Relief and Mitigation Act of 2021,[24] NC H947 - The G.R.E.A.T. Broadband Expansion Act,[25] NC H217 - Utilities Comm'n Tech. and Add'l Changes, NC H712 - Preservation of Workforce Housing, NC H900 - Support Lumbee Recognition Act, NC H807 - Uniformed Heroes Voting Act,[23] NC H535 - Firefighters Fighting Cancer Act of 2021, NC H100 - Highway Cleanup Act of 2021, NC H622 - AeroX Funding/UAS Integration Pilot Program, NC H32 - Equity in Opportunity Act, NC H497 - Support Veteran Teachers,[26] NC H190 - Vacancies/Rowland & Mayor's Term/Red Springs, NC H36 - Protect Those Who Serve and Protect Act, NC H323 - Military Readiness and Rural Resilience Act, NC H283 - Connor's Law[27] [28]