Bishop Leroy Jones was a church lay official and minister for 50 years. He was pastor of the congregation of the Cold Spring Baptist Church and led the drive to build the church which was dedicated in 1987. He was born in Durham, North Carolina and attended Hardin Bible Institute there. He came to Buffalo in the 1950s. He was assistant pastor of Friendship Baptist Church and Mount Olivet Baptist Church. He was elevated to Bishop in 1987 and led the Cold Spring Baptist Church.
Bishop Jones was 78 years old at the time of his passing.
