Marguerite Jones Harbert (1923 – March 17, 2015) was an American philanthropist and billionaire from Alabama.
Early life
Margarite Jones was born in 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama. Her father was Raymond McAdoo Jones and her mother, Marguerite Nabers Jones. She had a sister, Alice McGriff.
She was educated at Mountain Brook Elementary School and Phillips High School.
Philanthropy
Jones worked for the American Red Cross in Jefferson County, Alabama. In 1995, her husband predeceased her, and upon his death, she inherited his fortune. By 2013, she was the wealthiest person in Alabama, with an estimated wealth of US$1.5 billion. She admitted she found it "hard in a way" to be rich.
She was a member of the Nineteenth Century Club and the Little Garden Club of America.