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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Franklin |
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Jones, Jr., of Marshall, who died on December 18, 2008, at the age |
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of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jones was born in Marshall on April 24, 1931, to |
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William Franklin Jones, Sr., and Huldah Harrison Jones; he attended |
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New Mexico Military Institute and earned his bachelor's degree in |
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1952 and his law degree in 1954, both from The University of Texas; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Admitted to the Texas Bar in 1953, Mr. Jones |
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returned to Marshall in 1954 and joined his father at the firm of |
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Jones & Jones, which was founded by his grandfather in 1891; he |
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worked there as a civil trial lawyer until the end of his life; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jones was very active in his profession, serving |
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as president of his local and regional bar associations; his long |
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history with the State Bar of Texas included service as director of |
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the Bar from 1967 to 1970, as vice president from 1970 to 1971, and |
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as the Bar's 100th president from 1980 to 1981; he served on many of |
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the organization's committees over the years, including three years |
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on the Supreme Court Grievance Oversight Committee and 18 years on |
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the Supreme Court Advisory Committee, and he was a member of the |
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Administration of Justice Committee and chair of the Group and |
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Prepaid Legal Services and Disciplinary Review Committees; in |
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addition, Mr. Jones belonged to the Texas Trial Lawyers |
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Association, the American Association for Justice, the American |
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Board of Trial Advocates, and the International Academy of Trial |
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Lawyers; and |
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WHEREAS, This committed legal professional was also a trustee |
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of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism and The |
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University of Texas Law School Foundation, and he was a Sustaining |
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Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Life Fellow of the |
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American Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the American College of |
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Trial Lawyers; his many contributions were recognized in 2004, when |
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he received the Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar |
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Foundation; moreover, he was named a Texas Super Lawyer for three |
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consecutive years from 2003 to 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jones was equally active with the American Bar |
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Association, serving as a State Bar delegate to the House of |
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Delegates and as a member of the Governing Council of the Litigation |
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Section; from 1987 to 1989, he served on the ABA Commission to |
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Improve the Liability Insurance System; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jones participated in civic affairs as well and |
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served as chair of the Courthouse Preservation Council of Harrison |
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County; he was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and in |
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2002, he was recognized by the Marshall Chamber of Commerce as |
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Citizen of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Franklin Jones dedicated himself to the legal |
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profession and to his community, and he will be remembered with |
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admiration and affection by all those whose lives he touched; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Franklin Jones, Jr., |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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son, Franklin Jones III, and his wife, Ronna; to his daughter, Terry |
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Bolger, and her husband, Mark; to his grandchildren, Bryan Bolger, |
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and Savannah, Tye, and Hallie Jones; to his two |
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great-grandchildren; to his sister, Jerene Winocour; to his nephew, |
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Jonathan Winocour; to his brother-in-law, George Francisco III, and |
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his wife, Trebie; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Franklin |
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Jones, Jr. |