Dr. Hal Jones was born and raised in Chattanooga, and graduated from Central High school. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.

He graduated with high honors with his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in Memphis. He was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society and the Richard and Marguerite Dean Honorary Odontological Society.