Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia, 52, of Miramar, Fla., was charged with murder Thursday. Investigators said Jones met Garcia to buy cocaine, but Jones was fatally shot and left in the parking lot of the rest area.
Jones went to Garcia's Miramar, Fla., home that Friday to buy cocaine, the Miami Herald reported, citing a complaint affidavit filed Wednesday. Garcia drove Jones to the rest stop, where Jones tested the cocaine and handed over money to Garcia. Garcia admitted Wednesday to counting the money and then shooting Jones and leaving him at the rest stop to die.
But Jones' mother, Glynis Jones of Lexington, said her son was in Broward County to visit his 1-year-old, Justus Armone Jones.
Jerome Jones traveled to Florida often to visit Justus and the child's mother, Talonda Ingram.
"It was supposed to be a surprise when he came this time," Glynis Jones said.
She said Jerome Jones was a good son and good father.
He graduated from UK last year with a degree in kinesiology.
"My son was smart," Glynis Jones said. "People try to discredit him, and I'm not going to let that happen."
Jerome Jones' best friend, Johnathan Huguely of Lexington, said they had a cleaning service called J&J Mobile Washing.
Jones and Huguely had a van for nearly a year and, mostly in the summer, cleaned cars and the bricks of homes.
"He was like a brother to me," Huguely said. "He had a lot of good in him."
Services for Jones will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church. Visitation starts at noon. Burial will follow at Bluegrass Memorial Gardens.

Fender Funeral Directors are handling arrangements.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------