Herman "Wimpy" Jones
| Herman "Wimpy" Jones | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 36 (Bossier and Webster parishes) | |
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In office 1956–1960 |
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| Preceded by | John J. Doles |
| Succeeded by | Harold Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 19, 1905 Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | April 30, 1967 (aged 61) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Minden Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) First wife missing |
| Relations | Drayton Boucher (cousin) |
| Children |
Mary Elizabeth Jones Brocato |
| Residence |
(1) Minden, Louisiana (2) Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Education | Minden High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
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(1) Jones operated restaurants in Minden and then Bossier City while he also developed an intense interest in local and state politics. (2) Jones barely topped Harold Montgomery in their 1956 Democratic primary confrontation and then lost 2–1 in their 1960 rematch. |
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(1) First wife missing
Mary Elizabeth Jones Brocato
Three grandchildren:
Annette B. Seamands
Rickey Joseph Brocato
(1) Minden, Louisiana
(1) Jones operated restaurants in Minden and then Bossier City while he also developed an intense interest in local and state politics.
Herman "Wimpy" Jones (December 19, 1905 – April 30, 1967) was a businessman who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for Bossier and Webster parishes for a single term from 1956 to 1960. He was also the state fire marshal for Minden and for a time the assistant sergeant at arms of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Jones was one of eight children born in Webster Parish to John Jackson Jones (1867–1957) and the former Stella I. Boucher (1872–1946). His siblings were Casey, Clyde, Lena, Louie, Delta Jones Botzong (1891–1979), A. Melvin Jones (1893-1985), and Loy Jones (1903–1907), who died at the age of three when Herman was barely a year old. Melvin Jones and his wife, the former Lillian David (1895–1972), had three children, who were a niece and nephews of Herman Jones: Melba Jones Lowery (1921–2009), James Thomas Jones (1916–1986), and Augustus L. "Loye" Jones (1931–2011), who opened Loye's Pharmacy in Minden in 1963. Melba Lowery was the wife of Dennis Lowery (1922-2012), a native of Yellow Pine in Sabine County in east Texas.
Herman Jones graduated in 1924 from Minden High School, having played on champion football teams in 1921, 1923, and 1924. He operated restaurants in Minden and later Bossier City known as Jones' Kitchen and the Southern Kitchen, respectively. Jones' Kitchen was sold in 1951. It was renamed in 1958 as the "Southern Kitchen" under new owners Harold Martin "Happy" Turner (1911–1988) and John T. David, the Minden fire chief and municipal mayor from 1946 to 1955. While residing in Bossier City, Jones was a member of the First Baptist Church there. He also served on the Bossier City Planning Commission and filled an unexpired term on the city council for Bossier City.
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