[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12253]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JUDY JONES

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 21, 2006

  Mr. McCAUL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address this body 
with a heavy heart. Judy Jones, the mother of my dear friend Melinda 
Little, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2006 with her family by her 
side.
  Judy was a proud Texan, a native Houstonian and a staunch Republican. 
She graduated from the first graduating class of Bellaire High School 
in 1958, attended the University of Houston, and for the last fifteen 
years, she worked at the Texas Association of Public Employee 
Retirement Systems.
  Judy was also a founding member of Heritage Republican Women's club 
and spent years working in grassroots for the Republican Party in 
Harris County and also statewide. She chaired two successful campaigns 
to elect her husband Sonny Jones to the Texas House of Representatives 
as the first Republican to be elected to that body since 
Reconstruction, and she worked tirelessly to successfully give Harris 
County and Texas a Republican majority.
  Judy loved life. She will always be remembered for the love she gave 
to her husband Sonny and her three children Melinda, Michael and 
Maggie. She will also be remembered for the love she received from her 
family and friends, her wonderful sense of humor and her joy in 
celebrating the holidays. Judy will truly be missed.

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