COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hundreds of people gathered on a rainy day outside SCDOT headquarters on Park Street, standing in front of the agency’s memorial wall as bells rang out for every name being honored. The annual Workers Memorial ceremony brought together families who have lost loved ones in the line of duty.
“His nickname was Boot, a name he was known by at work. “I loved him dearly, even though I was only three when he died. I love him. I know that he is watching over me daily.”
For Breana Jones, those words come from losing her father, Stan Jones Sr., a former SCDOT maintenance worker in Lexington County who was killed while working in a work zone…