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One Life Changed Billy Gene Jones Credits His Success to His Children’S Home Upbringing FALL 2008 One Life Changed Billy Gene Jones Credits His Success To His Children’s Home Upbringing In this Issue: Donor Spotlight: The Dacus Family Children and Staff Enjoy Variety of Activities ‘Tis the Season of Giving METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH: THE COMPASSION BEHIND THE CARE CONTINUUM OF CARE Board of Directors Mr. Maurice Caldwell Mrs. Jane Hardin Mrs. Sally Riggs METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH Rison Little Rock Little Rock Mr. Harry Clerget Mrs. Becky Kossover* Mr. Neill Sloan* Mr. Lesley Don Cole* Little Rock Little Rock Lake Village Little Rock Chairperson Dr. Charles Clogston Mr. Bill Mann Mrs. Jan Snider* Little Rock Little Rock Little Rock Mr. Michael Millar* Searcy Bishop Charles Crutchfield Reverend C.E. McAdoo Mrs. Lynn Staten* Vice Chairperson Little Rock Hot Springs Village Little Rock Mr. Ritter Arnold* Mr. Rodney Curry Mr. Eugene Miller Mr. Donald Weaver* Marked Tree Conway Hazen Conway Mr. Ernie Butler* Mrs. Pat Freemyer Mrs. Anne Powell-Black* * Methodist Family Health Little Rock Helena-West Helena North Little Rock Foundation Board Member s traditional celebrations such as Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas unfold, Methodist Family Health appreciates your belief in our tradition to provide quality care for Arkansas’ children and families. Our continuum of care incorporates more than a century of traditions that respect the emotional essence of childhood. AIn this issue, we share old and new traditions that are the foundation for our comprehensive behavioral healthcare system. • Endowments and estate giving: The legacy of donors Charles Nolan and Ruth and Karen Dacus lives on through the first residential treatment center located in Craighead County. • Success stories: Former resident Billy Gene Jones attributes the Children’s Home to giving him a life, which is more than just living. • Camp Tanako: Each year, summer camp promises excitement and fun. • The Methodist Family Health Walk for Children and Families: Church youth groups and the community join together to support special projects for clients. • Pet therapy: Animal friends provide clients with unconditional love that promotes emotional healing. Finally, our foremost tradition is the annual Christmas Special Offering: Embrace Our Tradition of Christmas. Connect with a Child. The 2008 Appeal will provide a way “to take home a child” in your heart. Through the generosity of United Methodist Church members, old and new traditions will continue and grow for those entrusted in our care. Seize the spirit of the “John Wesley Rule” and continue to make Methodist Family Health a part of your family’s tradition. “John Wesley Rule” Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. — John Wesley, Founder, Methodist Church Happy Holidays to you and your family! Sincerely, Andy Altom President and CEO 1 A Changed B illy Gene Jones’ life A Star Is Born ultimately changed when he was only 11 years old. When Jones was in the 5th grade at Robert E. Lee Elementary, he played touch football and was the pitcher on the softball Although Jones and team. It didn’t take long for his coaches to realize that this his brother lived with little fellow was fast! grandparents who cared deeply for them, it was Jones went on to attend Westside Junior High, where he difficult for the farming tried out for the track team and made it. He also played family to care for the boys. on the football team as the school’s star running back. In After moving around a great 1950, Jones became the “fastest 9th-grader in the state of deal, they were eventually Arkansas.” He jokes, “When we would line up for a race back placed in the Methodist (left to right) Billy Gene Jones then, my fellow competitors would talk between themselves, Children’s Home. and his brother, Harold Jones. ‘Who’s gonna get 2nd, 3rd and 4th, guys?’” Once placed in the stable environment of the Children’s Home, At Little Rock High School, Jones continued to make a name Jones’ potential as a star athlete was unlocked. You can say for himself as a track and football star. In the 10th grade, he Billy Gene Jones is a true success story. Not only did he go on joined the relay team and set two state records. Coached by to have a thriving athletic career, he also became a lieutenant the great Wilson Matthews, Jones became the No. 2 sprinter colonel in the Army, an amazing father and husband, and an in Arkansas and was awarded a four-year scholarship to inspirational figure to many youth. Louisiana State University. “Some people say I came from a broken home, but the truth is that our grandparents cared a great deal for us. They just moved around too much for two young, growing boys,” Jones said. “At first, my brother and I had mixed emotions about going to the children’s home, but after a few days, few weeks, few months there, we realized that this was like a haven or heaven for us.” Jones and his brother were placed in the Children’s Home when it was on 1610 Elm St. Jones remembers the home Westside Junior High football team (five boys from Methodist moving to its current location, 2002 S. Fillmore, in 1948. Children’s Home): #29 Melton Magee; #10 James Womack; #19 Franklin Stevenson; #20 Billy Gene Jones; Rev. Paul Galloway; “I actually helped build four of the cottages on Fillmore when #15 Harold Womack I was 14 years old,” he said. “When I was in 8th grade, I In 1953, Jones started at LSU. He was only there two years designed the archway you drive under upon entering the because his track coaches wouldn’t let him play football, facility. If you want proof, you can bust open one of the his other sporting passion. After a brief stint on scholarship columns there. We placed a time capsule of sorts inside a jar at Arkansas Tech University, Jones moved to Arkadelphia to in one of the columns with the arch’s design plans and names attend Henderson State University. of the children who were there when it was built.” “Henderson didn’t have a track team my first year there,” But an archway design is not the only mark Jones left on the Jones said. “So, I challenged fellow students to join the track Children’s Home and Arkansas in general. team, and by my second year there we won Henderson’s first 2 track meet in many years! It was very exciting!” The life story of Billy Gene Jones took root at The Methodist Life Children’s Home Jones – who was undefeated for two years in his track Jones served two tours in Vietnam and, upon final return, was events – graduated from HSU with a degree in education. assigned to the research and development unit in Alexandria, Virginia. After a few additional moves with the Army, Jones retired When Jones reflects on the influence the Children’s Home in 1980 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Throughout the duration of had on him with regard to his athletic capabilities, he says, his military career, true to his character of striving for excellence, “These people guided and inspired me. Encouragement Jones received several awards and distinctions, including the never ran dry. There was a fellow child placed there named Legion of Merit, Gallantry Cross, and the Bronze Star. Betty Smith. She was like a big sister to me and was the first person to really encourage me to go out for athletics. The Strength of Family “We were all like brothers and sisters at the home. I had my own cheering section at nearly every high school Billy Jones met his wife, Jonelle (Jo), at the Methodist Church football game. The support and love was unmatched.” in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Jones proclaims, “There are only two respectable places to meet a spouse: at church or a library!” Meeting at church has proven to be the right choice An Honorable Life for Jones, having been married to Jo for more than 50 years. Jones had been in ROTC throughout college and upon graduation “Jo is a woman of sincere strength,” Billy said. “You have to from Henderson, he joined the U.S. Army as 2nd Lieutenant, be when you are a military wife.” serving two years with the armor branch. Jones had always dreamed of being a pilot, and in 1960, he finally got his chance. The family moved 23 times in 23 years. Despite the moves, challenges and absences, the family remained a strong unit. “In 1960, I applied for flight school and was accepted. I managed to survive it, if you want to call it that, and came The couple’s oldest son, Stephen, is a chief engineer at Pratt out as one of the top graduates in the class,” he said. Whitney Aircraft Company in Ohio. Daughter Melinda earned her Ph.D. and was a professor at Notre Dame University After flying fixed-wing aircraft for a few years and taking a before moving to Vermont to teach. qualification course to learn to fly helicopters, Jones went to Germany. He served three years there as a pilot and as “Fortunately, our children haven’t been hindered too much by an operations officer. After further training, Jones landed all of our moving,” Jones said. “I think they’ve learned a lot, at Ft. Walters, Texas, and served as the commander and the and they’ve been very aggressive in their lifestyle too.
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