HJR254 Summary

• House Joint Resolution mourning the death of Willie Rogers Jones of Montgomery, Alabama, who died on March 25, 2011, at age 55.

• Jones served as Senior Vice President of the YMCA and Executive Director of the Cleveland Avenue YMCA for 15 years, beginning as an aquatics instructor there in 1968.

• Established the Cleveland Avenue Cultural Arts and Education Center in 2000, the largest YMCA facility in the country dedicated entirely to the arts.

• Served on the Montgomery Housing Authority Board of Directors, Montgomery County Recreation Commission, and as chairman of the Montgomery County Community Punishment and Corrections Authority.

• Survived by his wife Versie Jones and two children, Jeff and Jennifer; adopted by the House on April 5, 2011, and the Senate on April 7, 2011.