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James Lee Sheets, known as Jim Sheets (born March 29, 1931), is a retired businessman from Bella Vista, Arkansas who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. From 1967 to 1968, Sheets represented Benton County for a single term. Sheets is the first member of his party in the 20th century sent to the legislature from Benton County in the far northwestern portion of the state. In time, Benton County became the GOP’s banner county in Arkansas.〔Benton County was not traditionally Republican; prior to 1950, the GOP for decades had controlled at the local level neighboring Searcy and Newton counties in northwestern Arkansas. In 1964, Newton County, however, voted for Orval Faubus over Winthrop Rockefeller in the gubernatorial general election.〕 Sheets did not seek reelection because of the time required away from his employment as public relations director of his alma mater, the Christian-affiliated John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.〔Statement of James Lee Sheets, Bella Vista, Arkansas, June 2009〕 At the time, evangelicals had not yet organized politically to become a vital cog of the Republican voter base; many indeed were still active Democrats. ==Background== Sheets was born in Arkansas City, in Cowley County in southeastern Kansas, to June P. Sheets (1903-1982), originally from Fargo in Ellis County in northwestern Oklahoma, and the former Mae Robinson (1904-2002), a native of Pierce City in Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri. June Sheets was employed in Arkansas City as an agent for the Frisco Railroad, but in 1943 he was transferred as a dispatcher to Enid in northern Oklahoma. Therefore, Jim Sheets graduated in 1949 from Enid High School.〔〔Jim Sheets had a sister, Jenta D. Strombeck (1928-2007), a missionary who spent her last years in Tahlequah in Cherokee County in eastern Oklahoma.〕 After having received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and English in 1953, Sheets immediately joined the JBU staff as manager of the campus radio station. While attending JBU, he had met his future wife, the former Martha Hamlin, a native of Disney in Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma. The couple married in 1954 and adopted four children.〔The Sheets children are Kimberly Norton (born 1958) of Laurinburg, the seat of Scotland County in southern North Carolina; Mark R. Sheets (born 1961) of Rogers in Benton County; Kevin James Sheets (born 1981) of Bella Vista, and Aaron Sheets (born 1983) of Fayetteville, Arkansas.〕 From 1955 to 1958, Sheets served in the United States Army, partly under a secret clearance of the former Atomic Energy Commission at the Oakland Naval Supply Station in Oakland, California.〔 After his military duties, Sheets returned to John Brown University 1958 as director of public relations and student recruitment, a position that he maintained until 1969. The JBU enrollment in 1958 was only 250 students, but before Sheets left the position, the number was nearing 800.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sheets: Life Work Is Result of the Lord's Blessings )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Sheets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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