Connie Jones is the Secretary/Treasurer for the Coles County Veterans Support Coalition

About this episode

Connie Jones discusses her journey of founding the Coles County Veterans Support Coalition after the loss of her husband to Agent Orange.

When Connie Jones lost her husband, Gary, to lingering effects of Agent Orange, she channeled her grief into becoming the co-founder of Coles County Veterans Support Coalition.

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Fleming Dexter

Guest: Connie Jones

Topics covered

• veterans support
• grief
• community service
• Agent Orange
• coalition

Keywords

• veterans
• support coalition
• Agent Orange
• grief
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coles County Veterans Support Coalition

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