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Alonzo W. Jamison Full Name: Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr. Date of birth: April 12, 1918 Date of death: October 29, 2011 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 51 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 60th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Cooke, Denton H 59 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton H 59 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton H 59 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton H 59 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton H 59 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton H 59 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Sanger / Denton   Denton   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Biographical Sketches Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas. Military Service Notes United States Army, World War II; United States Army Reserve, Colonel. "He served during World War II as an officer in anti-aircraft artillery unit in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He continued to be active in the U.S. Army Reserves and retired as a Colonel in 1974." Obituary, 11/6/2011. Dallas Morning News. Other Resources Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr., birth date 4/12/1918, residence in Denton from 1993-2009. FamilySearch United States Public Records, 1970-2009. Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr., birth date 4/12/1918 in obituary (4/13/1918 on family cenotaph), death date 10/29/2011, photo, obituary, cenotaph in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke County. Find a Grave. "Sine Die" song (to the tune of "This Ole House"), 1959 version and undated version, ghost-written for Alonzo Jamison ("Mrs. Jamison is thought to be the ghost"). Memo File. Photographs Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alonzo Jamison, Jr., 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 60th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 60th R.S. - 1967 Common Carriers   Constitutional Amendments   Constitutional Revision Commission   Education   Juvenile Crime and Delinquency (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   59th R.S. - 1965 Common Carriers (Vice Chair)  Congressional and Legislative Districts   Counties   Juvenile Crime   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Health   58th R.S. - 1963 Common Carriers (Vice Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Counties   Education   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections   57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture   Conservation and Reclamation   Education   Highways and Roads (Chair)  State Affairs   56th R.S. - 1959 Congressional and Legislative Districts   Education (Chair)  Highways and Roads   Rules   State Affairs   55th R.S. - 1957 Revenue and Taxation   Rules   School Districts (Chair)  State Affairs   54th R.S. - 1955 Agriculture   Commerce and Manufactures   Education   Game and Fisheries   Military and Veteran's Affairs   Segregation in Public Schools, Advisory

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