Christine M. Jones (1929-2013)
MSA SC 3520-12088
Biography:
Born December 25, 1929, in Navasota, Texas. Attended Huston Tillotson College, B.A, 1949. Married; one child. Died January 26, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Prince George's County, 1982-94. Assistant
majority floor leader, 1994. Member, Economic Matters Committee;
Worker's Compensation Subcommittee; Joint Committee on Administrative,
Executive and Legislative Review; Joint Committee on Federal Relations;
Joint Committee on Protocol. Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus,
1991-92.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Teacher. Member, Task Force to Study Home Improvement Laws, 1983-84;
Task Force on Teen Pregnancy, 1984-85. Delegate, Democratic Party
National Conventions, 1980, 1984. Member, Oxon Hill Democratic Club;
John Hanson Women's Club; Southern PG Business and Professional Women's
Club; Prince George's County Education Association; Maryland State Teachers
Association; National Education Association. Member, Phi Delta Kappa;
Delta Sigma Theta; Top Ladies of Distinction; NAACP. Board member,
National Conference of Christians and Jews; PG Mental Health Association;
Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Center for Community Development.
Founder, honorary member, PG Coalition on Black Affairs. Awards:
NAACP; PG County Educators on Minority Affairs; Delta Sigma Theta; The
Links, Inc.; National Hook Up of Black Women; PG Coalition on Black Affairs;
Samuel Chase Elementary School PTA; Bethlehem Baptist Church Women's Club.
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