Jane Jeffress Thomas

Background

Thomas, Jane Jeffress was born on April 7, 1945 in Sumter, South Carolina. Daughter of Charles Howard and Jane Jeffress.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern State University, 1967; Master of Education, Northwestern State University, 1979; Master of Arts, Northwestern State University, 1981.

Career

Teacher, Natchitoches (Louisiana) Parish School Board, 1967-1968; teacher, Red River Parish Sch Board, Coushatta, Louisiana, 1968-1969; counselor, WIN program, Louisiana State Department Labor, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1969-1972; teacher, Sabine Parish School Board, Many, Louisiana, 1974-1994; manager effective schools program region VI,, Louisiana Department Education, Natchitoches, since 1994.

Achievements

• Jane Jeffress Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy School system administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Battle of Pleasant Hill, Inc., since 1982. Member ASCD, National Council of Teachers of English, Louisiana Reading Association, SabineReading Association (educators as authors chairman), Louisiana Association of School Educators, National Reading Association, National Staff Development Council.

Interests

• Avocations: recreational and professional reading, writing, handwork, swimming, grandmothering.

Connections

Married Norman Kenneth Gault, January 9, 1965 (deceased August 1971). Children: Melyssa Gault Snelling, Benjamin Heath Gault. Married William Edward Thomas Junior.

Father:

Charles Howard Jeffress

Mother:

Jane Jeffress

Spouse:

Norman Kenneth Gault

Spouse:

William Edward Thomas Junior

child:

Melyssa Gault Snelling Thomas

child:

Benjamin Heath Gault Thomas