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Joan Shepherd Jones
Member From: 1974 - Sp. 1981
- Birth Date: August 8, 1926 Birth Place:Buffalo, NY
- Death Date: August 26, 2019
- Gender: Female Race: Caucasian
- Spouse: James Barrett Jones
- Children: Carlton Shepherd, James Jr., and Susan
- Religion: Episcopalian
- Education: Rochester, NY Public Schools Wells College, NY (B.A.) Lynchburg College (M.Ed.)
- Military Service:
- Occupation/Profession: Homemaker and Educator
- Memberships/Affiliations: St. John's Episcopal Church Lynchburg School Board (1965-71) League of Women Voters American Field Service Lynchburg Academy of Medicine, Woman's Auxiliary Fine Arts Center Lynchburg City Democratic Committee Kappa Delta Pi Delta Kappa Gamma Society for Women Educators Lynchburg Young Democrats (advisor) Virginia Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (board member) Mental Health Association of Lynchburg (board member)
- Awards: Wells College Alumnae Award, the YWCA’s Outstanding Woman in Government and Law Award, Lynchburg College’s T. Gibson Hobbs Award, the Law Day Award from the Lynchburg Bar Association, and the Bravo! Brava! Award from Opera on the James
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1974-1975 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education |
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| 1976-1977 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education Health Welfare and Institutions |
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| 1978 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education Health Welfare and Institutions |
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| 1979 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education Health Welfare and Institutions |
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| 1980 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education Finance Health Welfare and Institutions |
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| 1981 | Counties of Amherst and Nelson; City of Lynchburg (part) | 11 | Democrat | Claims Education Finance Health Welfare and Institutions |
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