THURMAN HUTCHINS PARK

Expanding Green Space

On June 8, 2000, an 80-acre piece of land donated by Mr. Jones was dedicated as Thurman-Hutchins Park. The park is named for Mr. Jones' late mother, Elsie Thurman Jones, and for Lillias Hutchins Ashbury, the late mother of his wife, Betty Ashbury Jones. Mr. Jones paid for the development of the park, which with the value of the donated land, totaled $6 million.