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'''Herman "Wimpy" Jones''' (December 19, 1905 &ndash; April 30, 1967) was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He held the position for a single term from 1956 to 1960, which corresponded with the administration of [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. He was also the state fire marshal for [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and for a time the assistant sergeant at arms of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=mph>"Funeral Rites Set Tuesday for Herman (Wimpy) Jones," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 1, 1967, p. 1.</ref>​

'''Herman "Wimpy" Jones''' (December 19, 1905 &ndash; April 30, 1967) was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He held the position for a single term from 1956 to 1960, which corresponded with the administration of [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. He was also the state fire marshal for [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and for a time the assistant sergeant at arms of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=mph>"Funeral Rites Set Tuesday for Herman (Wimpy) Jones," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 1, 1967, p. 1.</ref>​

==Background==​

==Background==

 

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.<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://google.com/search?q=cache:n3rN1Shxg5QJ:wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi%3Fop%3DREG%26db%3Djackiewiley%26id%3DI00792+Drayton+R.+Boucher&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Wiley Family of Shongaloo, Louisiana|publisher=Rootsweb ancestry|accessdate=June 23, 2009}}</ref>  

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.<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://google.com/search?q=cache:n3rN1Shxg5QJ:wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi%3Fop%3DREG%26db%3Djackiewiley%26id%3DI00792+Drayton+R.+Boucher&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Wiley Family of Shongaloo, Louisiana|publisher=Rootsweb ancestry|accessdate=June 23, 2009}}</ref>