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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close with the passing of Jimmie Ruth Jaynes Ford of Jefferson on |
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August 9, 2025, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Curtis and Fannie Schellinger |
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Jaynes, the former Jimmie Jaynes was born in Jefferson on |
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October 13, 1933, and she grew up with the companionship of two |
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sisters, Cozette and Darthea; following her graduation from |
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Jefferson High School in 1951, she continued her education at |
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East Texas Baptist College; and |
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WHEREAS, Professionally, Mrs. Ford distinguished herself |
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during her tenure as the office manager for Johnson's Tire; highly |
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civically engaged, she served as executive director of the Marion |
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County Chamber of Commerce, and she belonged to VFW Post No. 10373 |
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in Jefferson for a quarter century, presiding over both the local |
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chapter and the district; in 1980, she was honored as Mother of the |
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Year by the Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the Ladies |
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Auxiliary; moreover, she was a longtime member of the Jessie Allen |
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Wise Garden Club; she also was active on the Marion County Child |
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Welfare Board and with the East Texas Council of Governments, and |
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she assisted with the Historic Jefferson Foundation Candlelight |
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Tour of Homes; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ford was blessed with the love and support of |
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her husband, Edward Sherman Ford, who preceded her in death in 1989; |
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above all else, she was a devoted mother to her daughter, Betty, and |
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she delighted in becoming "Nana" to her grandson; a woman of faith, |
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she was a valued congregant of First United Methodist Church of |
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Jefferson; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Jimmie Ford is greatly missed, she has left |
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her loved ones with many cherished memories, and she will forever |
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hold a special place in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 2nd |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Jimmie Ruth Jaynes |
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Ford and extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to |
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her daughter, Betty Ford Grubbs, and her husband, Jeff; to her |
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grandson, Joshua Lynn Grubbs; to her niece, Karen McIntosh, and her |
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husband, Jan; to her nephews, Curtis Kasner and his wife, Nancy, |
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Brad Tolleson and his wife, Susan, and Blair Tolleson and his wife, |
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Maria; and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Jimmie Ford. |