Jerome Blake Timmons

Full Name: Jerome Blake Timmons
Date of birth: July 13, 1916
Date of death: June 10, 1957

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	123	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Amarillo / Potter		Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall
H	123	Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949	50th	Democrat	Amarillo / Potter		Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall

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House District 123
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Amarillo / Potter
Counties in district: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall

House District 123
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Amarillo / Potter
Counties in district: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

55th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 70. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, J. Blake Timmons, "City Corporation Court Judge Dies," 6/10/1957, pp. 1, 2, "served two terms as representative from Amarillo in the Texas Legislature." "Funeral Set for Timmons," 6/11/1957, p. 8. Amarillo Globe-Times.

Military Service Notes

United States Army Air Corps, Aviation Cadet, World War II. Jerome B. Timmons, birth year 1916, enlistment date 1/27/1942 in Houston. FamilySearch United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

Other Resources

Jerome Blake Timmons, birth date 7/13/1916 in Amarillo; death date 6/10/1957 in Amarillo, Potter County; lawyer, county government; served in World War II. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Jerome Blake Timmons, birth date 7/13/1916, death date 6/10/1957, burial in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County. Grave marker inscription: "Newsman, Airman, Legislator, Judge, Christian, Democrat." Includes photograph of Jerome B. Timmons, Second Lieutenant, taken during World War II. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. J. Blake Timmons, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J. Blake Timmons, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

51st R.S. - 1949 Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Rules
50th R.S. - 1947 Commerce and Manufactures Congressional and Legislative Districts Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments Insurance

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