“I prayed for my students at other schools, but the fact that I can pray with my students allows God to enter the classroom in a way I’ve never experienced anywhere else.”

A Liberty University professor and her teenage son were killed in Roanoke, Virginia early Aug. 8 when their car was struck by an SUV driven by a man police said appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs…

Jill Jones had been an associate professor in Liberty’s Department of Graduate Education since the fall of 2007…

Nicholas Jones was a student at Liberty Christian Academy…

On her Liberty University author page, Jones listed “three passions” in her life: “1) God, 2) My family, and 3) education.”

In a Liberty Journal article, she said that prior to coming to Liberty, when she applied for tenure at her old school colleagues asked her to stop discussing God and praying in her classroom. For her, she said, it was “like asking me to stop breathing.”

“I prayed for my students at other schools, but the fact that I can pray with my students allows God to enter the classroom in a way I’ve never experienced anywhere else,” she said.

Survivors include her husband of nearly 20 years and another son, Ray Jr., who also attends Liberty Christian Academy and plays on the football team.

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