Tater Head Jones got His nickname from my sister.   Mr. Jones boarded with us from the time she was about 1 year old until Her teens.  She told Him one day He had a head shaped like a “tater”. The first day she went to school she came down the hall where Mr. Jones was talking to a group of students and teachers and yelled out for all to hear  “ Hi Tater Head”.  He just laughed and from that day on Mr. Jones was referred to as Tater Head, to His back of course.