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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Norma Dell Jones of Lovelady has been chosen as |
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Person of the Year for 2010 by the readers of Houston County Life |
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magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, Nominees for the Person of the Year designation are |
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residents of Houston County whose work as volunteers has had a |
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positive effect in their community; this year's winner, Norma Dell |
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Jones, was born in Lovelady and graduated as the valedictorian from |
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Lovelady High School; she earned her bachelor's and master's |
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degrees in education from Sam Houston State University, and she has |
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also received certificates in professional teaching, special |
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education, supervision, and administration; and |
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WHEREAS, Beginning her teaching career in 1959 in Porter |
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Springs, Mrs. Jones moved to the Crockett Independent School |
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District when her school was annexed; she taught English, Texas |
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history, and music and coached girls' basketball and volleyball; in |
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1977, she became the executive director of the Sam Houston alumni |
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association, holding that post until 1992, when she returned to |
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Houston County to work as an administrator for Lovelady ISD; Mrs. |
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Jones has further contributed to her professional community as a |
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member of a host of educators' associations, including the Texas |
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State Teachers Association, in which she holds a life membership |
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and for which she conducted workshops and participated in numerous |
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committees; in addition, she has served on the faculty advisory |
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committee for Crockett ISD; and |
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WHEREAS, Since her retirement in 2008, Mrs. Jones has kept |
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busy with numerous community efforts; she is involved in the |
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continuing restoration of the Lovelady Old Gym, a local civic |
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venue, and she publishes a weekly newspaper column in Houston |
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County Life entitled "Cups and Saucers"; moreover, she is president |
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of the Houston County Senior Citizen Center and mayor pro tempore of |
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Lovelady, and she has been a councilmember for more than a decade; |
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Mrs. Jones also shares her time and talents as a member of the |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Daughters of the American |
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Revolution, and she has served on the board of directors of the |
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Houston County Hospital Authority; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to the musical arts, Mrs. Jones served as |
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the music director for First Baptist Church in Lovelady and now |
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sings in her church's choir and helps to organize performances at |
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the Lovelady Old Gym; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, she enjoys the love and |
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support of her husband of 30 years, Jerry D. Jones, her sons, |
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"Binky" and Bruce Monk, and her stepdaughter, Nicole Jones Lolley; |
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Mrs. Jones also takes pride in her four grandchildren, Kyle, |
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Brandon, Mandy, and Cayla, and three great-grandchildren, |
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Benjamin, Grayson, and Lane; and |
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WHEREAS, Norma Dell Jones has long demonstrated her |
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dedication to improving the quality of life in her community, and |
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the citizens of Houston County are fortunate indeed to count her |
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among their fellow residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Norma Dell Jones on her selection |
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as Person of the Year for 2010 by Houston County Life magazine and |
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commend her for her many good works; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Jones as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |