Jones is married to Sandra P. Byrd, Ed.D., who serves as a professor, Assistant Provost, and Director of the Asheville Graduate Center at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Their son, Jones P. Byrd, Jr., practices law in Winston-Salem, NC, and their daughter, Julia I. Byrd, is a marine biologist and environmental scientist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in Charleston, S.C. Jones’s hobbies include bird hunting, fly fishing, cycling, and hiking. He likes to travel both near and far to participate in these activities.
Community Involvement
- All Souls Cathedral
- Past Member, Endowment Committee
- Former Vestry member and Senior Warden
- Blue Ridge Bicycle Club
- Buncombe County Board of Elections
- Chairperson, 2001-present
- Leadership Asheville
- Metropolitan Board of Directors
- Pisgah Legal Services Hotline Attorney
- Wake Forest University
- School of Law Board Member, 2005-present
- YMCA of Buncombe County
- Former Chairperson, Central Services Board of Directors
- Former Member, Metropolitan Board of Directors



