by Deputy Diva
Earlier I reported that U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones suffered an aneurysm and was in critical condition, although earlier reports claimed that she had already died. HERE
CNN currently reports that Congresswoman Tubbs-Jones died today at 6:12 p.m. ET after her condition declined “throughout the course of the day and into this evening,” according to a joint statement from her family, Huron Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic.
According to Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, where Rep. Tubbs-Jones was treated, the aneurysm — a dangerous weakness or bulge in a blood vessel — that burst was in an inaccessible part of her brain. SOURCE
Kious said, Representative Tubbs-Jones suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in Cleveland Heights on Tuesday night. According to police, the congresswoman had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed lanes of traffic before coming to a stop.
Representative Tubbs-Jones was the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and held a long successful career as a municipal judge in 1981. She majored in sociology at Case Western Reserve University, where she attended on a full scholarship that she attributed to affirmative action efforts. After graduating from law school, she worked for the city sewer district and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
She also served as a trial court judge and, for the seven years before her election to Congress, served as a county prosecutor.
Her husband, Mervyn L. Jones, died in October 2003 of a heart attack. The couple had one son, Mervyn Jones II. Tubbs-Jones would have turned 59 on September 10. SOURCE
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sorry to hear. I just saw her at professional black women’s event of about 600 in April. She was on a panel with the president of the urban league and CeCe Kilpatrick. She was a trooper for Hillary Clinton, no one else was in agreement with her, but I respected her position as not being a fair weather friend and that she and Hillary had been friends since the early 90s, and she stood by her convictions. Another strong sister girl has gone in, only 59. No man knows the day nor the hour.
I was so agitated with her during the campaign ’cause she was such a staunch supporter of Hillary.
Then I discovered that she supported fibroid tumor research.
My heart truly goes out to her family.
I figured she like most members of the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) felt indebted to Hillary, as Hillary in the past had been influential in helping many get aid for their districts and she also helped many of them raise a lot of campaign $$$, so it was kind of like ‘not biting the hand that feeds you’ so to speak.
I agree with Oregonsistah in the sense that she at least stood by her convictions and didn’t back down from what she believed in. Very few people, especially in politics possess that quality.