deteriorated during the seven years while he oversaw a case in which railroads contested new rates set by the Alabama legislature. It was twice addressed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and had certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court. In the winter of 1912–13, Jones contracted pneumonia and recovered in Florida. Although he returned to his duties in Alabama by November 1913, he again soon took a leave of absence for health reasons. He had been bedridden for weeks before he lost consciousness on April 26, 1914, and died two days later. Hundreds attended his funeral in Oakwood Cemetery, including many African Americans. References Sources Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex, Random House, 2002, location 21341, Kindle Edition 1844 births 1914 deaths People from Macon, Georgia Politicians from Montgomery, Alabama Democratic Party governors of Alabama Montgomery, Alabama City Council members Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt 20th-century American judges Virginia Military Institute alumni 19th-century American politicians Lawyers from Montgomery, Alabama Military personnel from Montgomery, Alabama People of Alabama in the American Civil War Editors of Alabama newspapers 19th-century American judges