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| − | |name=Everett Holman Jones
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| − | |office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Allen and Vernon parishes
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| − | |term_start=1968
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| − | |term_end=1972
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| − | |preceded=T. J. Strother (Allen Parish)<br>
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| − | Bert A. Adams (Vernon Parish)
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| − | |succeeded=[[James David Cain]]
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| − | |birth_date=December 17, 1926
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| − | |birth_place=Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA
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| − | |death_date=January 12, 2014 (aged 87)
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| − | |death_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana
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| − | |resting_place=Oakdale Cemetery
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| − | |residence=Oakdale, Louisiana
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| − | |spouse=Patricia Roberts Jones (married 1950-2014, his death)
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| − | |children=Fredrick Holman Jones<br>
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| − | John Craig Jones<br>
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| − | Marilyn Ann Jones<br>
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| − | Susan Lynn Jones Murry<br>
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| − | Patrick Jones<br>
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| − | '''Parents''':<br>
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| − | Jessie Holman Jones and Maggie Williams Jones.
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| − | |party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| − | |religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
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| − | |occupation=[[Business]]man:<br>Owner, Magnolia Printing Company
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| − | |alma_mater=Oakdale High School<br>
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| − | Sowela Technical Community College
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| − | |branch=[[United States Navy]]
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| − | |battles=[[World War II]]
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| − | '''Everett Holman Jones''', known as '''E. Holman Jones''' (December 17, 1926 – January 12, 2014), was a [[business]]man from his native Oakdale, [[Louisiana]], who was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Allen and Vernon parishes. He served a single term from 1968 until 1972 during the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 18, 2020}}</ref>
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| − | Jones was the older son of the late Jessie Holman Jones and the former Maggie Williams. His brother, John Roland Jones, preceded him in death. Jones was a descendant of the Thomas Welch family, one of the first seven families to settle Oakdale and to establish the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church there. Jones graduated from Oakdale High School, where he played on the football team and was a captain in the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]]. He was later the president of the alumni association. He was a [[radio]]man in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, he attended what is now Southwest Louisiana (Sowela) Technical Community College in [[Lake Charles]].<ref name=ehjones>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=e-holman-jones&pid=169081989&fhid=20731|title=E. Holman Jones|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=January 14, 2014}}</ref>
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| − | For more than a half-century, Jones owned Magnolia Printing Company. For fifteen years, he was the publisher and owner of ''The Oakdale Journal'' and ''The Oakdale Beacon,'' which he began in 1960 with Harold H. Hudgins, Jr. (1916-2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hudgins&GSfn=Harold&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1110&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=31446303&df=all&|title=Harold H. Hudgins, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 18, 2020}}</ref> as a free publication offering parish news and local advertising.<ref name=ehjones/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicetoday.com/obituaries/deaths-elsewhere-51|title=Deaths Elsewhere: E. Holman Jones|publisher=''Eunice Today''|accessdate=January 14, 2014}}</ref>
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| − | In his one legislative term, Jones served alongside his fellow Democrat Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish, who was from 1979 to 1981 a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=house/> Representative Jones secured scholarships for many students in Allen Parish, promoted the development of rural infrastructure through his service on the Long Range Highway Committee, and worked to secure the establishment of the 33rd Judicial District Court.<ref name=ehjones/>
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| − | Jones was a former member of the Jaycees and an officer of the Oakdale Area [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was affiliated with Lions International and the Masonic lodge. He was a member of the Oakdale Industrial Development Board. He was a long-term president of the Oakdale Recreation District board of directors. During his tenure in that capacity, two swimming pools and three ball fields were built and maintained. Teams often went to district and state playoffs.<ref name=ehjones/>
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| − | In 2000, Jones received the "Civic Service Award" from the Oakdale Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1992, he obtained the "State School Bell Award" from the Louisiana Press Association for the promotion of educational excellence. In 1999, he received the "Sam Walton Business Leader Award" named for [[Wal-Mart]] founder [[Sam Walton]]. Jones and his wife together received the "Community Award for Outstanding Support" for the Allen Parish Sheriff's Department.<ref name=ehjones/>
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| − | Jones died at the age of eighty-seven in Lafayette General Hospital in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana. He was married for some sixty-three years to the former Patricia Roberts (born 1930), who survives him. The couple has five children, Fredrick Holman Jones and wife Rita and John Craig Jones, all of Oakdale; Marilyn Ann Jones Lee and husband, Joe R. "Buddy" Lee, of Lafayette; Susan Lynn Jones Murry and husband, William E. "Bill" Murry, of Oakdale, and Patrick Jones and wife Karen of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish. Services were held on January 15, 2014 in the First Baptist Church of Oakdale, with interment at Oakdale Cemetery.<ref name=ehjones/>
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Thomas Russell
"Tom" Craddick, Sr.
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Texas State Representative
for District 82 (Midland County)
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| Incumbent
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Assumed office
January 12, 1993
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Texas State Representative
for District 76 (Midland County)
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In office
January 11, 1983 – January 12, 1993
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Texas State Representative
for District 68 (Midland County)
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In office
January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983
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Texas State Representative
for District 70 (Midland County)
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In office
January 14, 1969 – January 9, 1973
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Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
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In office
January 14, 2003 – January 13, 2009
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| Preceded by
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James "Pete" Laney
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| Succeeded by
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Joe Straus
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| Born
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September 19, 1943
Beloit, Wisconsin
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| Political party
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Republican
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| Spouse(s)
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Nadine Nayfa Craddick
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| Children
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Thomas R. Craddick, Jr.
Christi Craddick
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| Residence
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Midland, Texas
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| Alma mater
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Texas Tech University
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| Occupation
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Businessman
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| Religion
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Roman Catholic
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Thomas Russell Craddick, Sr., known as Tom Craddick (born September 19, 1943), has represented Midland County in the Texas House of Representatives since 1969, but his district has had four different numerations during that time; in order, 70, 68, 76, and since 1993, District 82. Craddick is the senior Republican member of the chamber and from 2003 to 2009 was the first member of his party in more than a century to be elected by colleagues as Speaker.
A native of Beloit, Wisconsin, and an Eagle Scout, Craddick graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He was initially elected at the age of twenty-five to the state House on November 5, 1968, when Richard M. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace for the presidency. He succeeded fellow Republican state Representative Frank Kell Cahoon of Midland, who stepped down after two terms.
Considered a conservative, Craddick lost the Speaker's gavel in 2009 to Joe Straus of San Antonio, who governs still through a coalition of about two dozen Moderate Republicans, some of whom are estranged from the conservative faction in the party, and all of the chamber's Democrats. After being deposed as Speaker, Craddick did not retire as many similarly situated often do, but he has since won four more House elections to represent his adopted Midland County.
On November 6, 2012, when Craddick won his 23rd term in the Texas House, his daughter, Christi Craddick, easily was elected as a Republican to the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates not railroads but petroleum and natural gas.
