Bill Text: TX SR71 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Corbet Nicholos Jones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [SR71 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR71-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Corbet Nicholos Jones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [SR71 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR71-Introduced.html
88S31167 BPG-D | ||
By: Nichols, Flores | S.R. No. 71 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Corbet | ||
Nicholos Jones of Broaddus, who passed away on October 23, 2023, at | ||
the age of 73; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Charlie and Reba Jones, Corbet Jones was | ||
born on July 22, 1950, in Center and grew up in Broaddus with five | ||
siblings, Charlene, Kenneth, Nelda, Robert, and Isaac; he graduated | ||
from high school in 1968 and enlisted in the U.S. Army; following | ||
his training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, he received orders to ship | ||
to Vietnam, but because his older brother was already serving in the | ||
war there, he was assigned instead to a hardship tour, guarding the | ||
demilitarized zone at Camp Paine, Korea; he advanced to the rank of | ||
gunner and received his honorable discharge in 1974, after also | ||
completing reserve duty; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Jones worked as an electrician and he was | ||
employed with family members in a number of businesses, including a | ||
tire shop and a pipeline construction company; he was also a trucker | ||
for many years and contracted with a number of different companies | ||
before retiring in 2018; in his leisure time, he enjoyed hunting and | ||
fishing; and | ||
WHEREAS, On May 16, 1973, Mr. Jones married Margie Bryan in a | ||
ceremony held in Pineland; they raised two sons, Shane and Chad, and | ||
through the years, they were further blessed with four | ||
grandchildren, Matthew, Carson, Connor, and Ashlyn, who were his | ||
pride and joy; devoted to his family, Mr. Jones was especially | ||
close to his sister, Charlene, and her husband, Nat, whom he called | ||
his "second dad"; he was sustained by a strong faith from an early | ||
age; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Corbet Jones will be deeply missed, he has | ||
left his family and friends with a wealth of memories that they will | ||
forever treasure; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Corbet Nicholos | ||
Jones and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: | ||
to his wife, Margie Bryan Jones; to his sons, Shane Bryan and his | ||
wife, Kimberly, and Chad Jones and his wife, Wendy; to his | ||
grandsons, Matthew Bryan, Carson Jones, and Connor Jones; to his | ||
granddaughter, Ashlyn Bryan; to his brothers, Kenneth Jones and his | ||
wife, Emma, and Isaac Jones and his wife, Julie; to his sister, | ||
Charlene Willey, and her husband, Nathaniel; to his sisters-in-law, | ||
Jeannie Williams and her husband, Jimmy, and Gloria Purvis; and to | ||
his many other relatives and friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this | ||
day, it do so in memory of Corbet Jones. |