JIMMIE BEGAN RECREATIONAL BOWLING IN WEIMER, TEXAS AND JOINED HER FIRST LEAGUE IN BAYTOWN. WHEN LA PORTE BOWLING LANES OPENED IN 1961, SHE WORKED THERE AS OFFICE ASSISTANT AND ORGANIZED THE FIRST LA PORTE HOUSEWIVES BOWLING LEAGUE, BECAME AN AJBC CERTIFIED COACH AND INSTRUCTOR AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE LA PORTE WBA UNTIL THE LANES CLOSED.

IN 1966, JIMMIE AND HER TEAM WON THE TWBA CLASS A DIVISION TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT IN AUSTIN. IN 1986 JIMMIE STARTED BOWLING IN PASADENA AND WAS ELECTED TO THE PWBA BOARD IN 1989. SHE HAS SERVED AS DIRECTOR, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, AND IS CURRENTLY IN HER THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT. SHE HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED A DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS WOMEN’S BOWLING ASSOCIATION.

JIMMIE HAS SERVED AS STATE AND NATIONAL DELEGATE REPRESENTING THE PWBA MANY YEARS, BELONGS TO SEVERAL BOWLING RELATED CLUBS, IS A DIRECTOR OF THE PASADENA 500/600 CLUB AND 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE TWBA 20 YEAR CLUB. SHE BOWLS ON SEVERAL LEAGUES AND IS PRESIDENT OF THE THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES LEAGUE.

JIMMIE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE PWBA NEWSLETTER STARTED AND ORGANIZING THE HALL OF FAME. SHE HAS WORKED ON MANY COMMITTEES WITH BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS. HER CALENDAR IS FULL, BOOKED WITH MEETINGS, TOURNAMENTS, AND WORKSHOPS IN WHICH SHE GRACIOUSLY PARTICIPATES.