Background
Jones, Florence Shepherd was born on September 9, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert E. and Florence A. (Hardwick) Shepherd.
Jones, Florence Shepherd was born on September 9, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert E. and Florence A. (Hardwick) Shepherd.
Diploma, St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, 1950; Bachelor of Science in Professional Arts, St. Joseph's College, Standish, Maine, 1985.
Owner, inservice educator, Live Oak Nursing Home, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1975-1983. Clinical instructor License Practical Nurse School Delta Vocational Technology Nurse, Jonesboro, 1960-1975. Nurse Visiting Nurse Association, Chicago, 1951-1954.
Member of advisory board, president Arkansas State University School Nursing. Member of advisory board Jonesboro PracticalNursing School. Member ethics committee St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center.
Past president home health board St. Bernard's Hospital. Member of advisory board Hospice-St. Bernard's.
Board directors Jonesboro Cancer Society. Executive board directors Jonesboro Church Health Center. President David Puryear Center.
Chairman ethics committee Arkansas State Hospice. President advisory board hospice St. Bernard's Hospital Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1954-1956. Member American Nurses Association, National League Nursing Education, State Hospice Association, Arkansas State Nurses Association (state board economic and general welfare, past president district 8), Altrusa International (past vice president, board directors Jonesboro chapter).
Married Philip Jones, June 25, 1955. Children: Mary, Charlott, Florence, Kathleen, Patricia, Robert, Philip.