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TN HJR0804
Joint Resolution
Status
1/21/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jeremy Faison
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AI Summary
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Urges the Tennessee Secretary of State to include The Old Men: The conversations that help boys become men by T.L. Jones (2024) in the Tennessee Blue Book, specifically in Section VI covering state history and heritage
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The book contains 84 essays about Appalachian culture and generational wisdom, following the author's experiences growing up in East Tennessee starting in 1970
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T.L. Jones is an East Tennessee native who became a minister in 1990 and planted churches in Whitehall, Montana and Greeneville, Tennessee
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The Tennessee Blue Book is published biennially by the Secretary of State and includes chapters on state arts, crafts, history, and heritage
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Requires an enrolled copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Secretary of State
Legislative Description
A RESOLUTION urging the Secretary of State to include The Old Men: The conversations that help boys become men by T.L. Jones in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Memorials, Government Officials
Last Action
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
1/23/2026