Pittsburg Honors Native Sons with Arbor Day Tree Planting | Pittsburg Gazette

Homer Jones’s grandsons place the pecan tree in the ground Courtesy photo

Homer Jones’s grandsons on the left, Corey Hudnall, in blue shirt, donated the pecan tree, and their Aunt is in the group on the right COURTESY PHOTOS

tags have been placed on limbs of the pecan tree with tags honoring Homes Jones and James Edward Rogers

Pittsburg Honors Native Sons with Arbor Day Tree Planting

Thu, 04/30/2026 - 5:00am

On Friday, April 24, 2026, Arbor Day, a pecan tree was planted on the grounds of the Douglass Alumni Center,

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