Jimmie Jones
Jimmie is a native of Portales, NM, but has spent most of his life in Vallejo. He was baptized into Christ in 1954 and has been a member of the Lassen Street congregation ever since. He served as a deacon for the congregation for many years and was appointed an elder in 1980's. He has taught Bible school classes from grades 6 through adult but prefers to teach adult classes these days. His most recent class was a focused study of Islam.He is married to the former Thelma McDowell, his high school sweetheart and the couple has two children, Victor and Deborah, both of whom are members of the Lassen Street congregation. He has five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is the retired publisher of the Vallejo Times-Herald and along with his wife operates an embroidery and garment embellishment business from their home. He is a member of the Tahoe Family Encampment board, serving as public relations and family activities chairman.
Jack Lewis
Jack was born in Cardwell, Missouri spending the first 18 years of his life there. He was baptized on August 19th 1945 in Cardwell. His older siblings came to Vallejo to work at the shipyard during the war and when Jack graduated from High School in 1948 he followed them. He has been a member of this congregation ever since. He served many years as a Deacon in charge of missions under several different elderships. He was appointed an Elder in 1988. He serves the congregation in several different capacities.He married the former Dorothy Jean Duty in 1953 that also grew up in Cardwell and they have two children, Richard and Teresa. Richard lives in Truckee and Teresa lives in El Dorado Hills. They have three teen age graddaughters. Jack worked for C&H Sugar for 39 years retiring in 1987 as a Electrical Supervisor. After retiring he went to school to earn his General Contractors Licenses which he still occasionally uses. Dorothy worked for Doctor's Medical Center in Pinole as an RN and recently retired with 20 years of service. Jack and Dorothy are members of the Tahoe Family Encampment board serving in many capacities.
