as a Judge under Article I, but the court was raised to Article III status by operation of law on July 28, 1953, and Jones thereafter served as an Article III Judge. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1956 to 1964. He assumed senior status on July 14, 1964. His service terminated on March 4, 1976, due to his death in Amarillo. He was interred in Llano Cemetery. Other service Jones was on leave from the United States Court of Claims beginning January 15, 1943, to serve as adviser and assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization until June 29, 1943, when he was appointed Administrator of the War Food Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture, serving until July 1, 1945, when he resumed his duties on the United States Court of Claims. Jones served as a Special Master for the United States Supreme Court for Mississippi and Louisiana in 1965. Honor In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill naming Amarillo's federal court building the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building. References Bibliography and sources External links (Written by a resident of Jones' hometown, Valley View, Texas.) 1882 births 1976 deaths People from Amarillo, Texas Judges of the United States Court of Claims Southwestern University alumni United States Article I federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges People from Cooke County, Texas Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas University of Texas School of Law alumni