March 30, 1927 - Jan. 30, 2023 John Bailey Jones was born on March 30, 1927, and passed away on January 30, 2022, at the Inn on Westport in Sioux Falls. John grew up in Presho, SD, graduated from college and law school at the University of South Dakota and served as an attorney for many years in Presho. He later was appointed and then elected as a South Dakota Circuit Court Judge until 1981, when he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be a U.S. District Court Judge.