- Born November 28, 1941 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Three Children - Renee, Michelle and Clay and Three Grandchildren - Will, Corie and Tia
- Member of the Rock Creek Baptist Church in Toccoa, Georgia
- Stephens County High School
- Attended North Georgia Tech; Income Tax School - Athens; Continuing Education - University of Georgia; Received Certificate from Income Tax School and Certificates from Annual Continuing Education Classes at the Univeristy of Georgia
- Accountant
Public Office
- Elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1984 - now serving 19th consecutive year.
- 1979-1984 County Commissioner, Stephens County, Georgia
- Member of the Appropriations Committee, Ways & Means Committee and Education Committee
- Previously Secretary of the Agriculture Committee; Vice Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Education Committee
Community Involvement
- Previous participant in the "Leadership Georgia" Program
- President of the Georgia Resources Conservation and Development Council
- Invited to receive the "President's Award for Innovative Government" from President George E. Bush in recognition of her role in Rural Development
- Legislator of the Year for her work on behalf of the Mentally Ill and Mentally and Physically handicapped
- Nominated for the Chevron Awards Program which recognizes volunteers who contribute time and effort to rural development programs
- Received a one-time award from the United State Department of Agriculture for leadership throughout the United States in development of a rural fire protection program
- In acknowledgement of her contribution to transportation and to her district,
the Georgia Department of Transportation Board of Directors named the Intersection
of Highway 123 and Highway 365 as the "Jeanette Jamieson Intersection"
- Named Citizen of the Year by the North Georgia Realtor's Association of Stephens County
- Named Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
- Invited to participate in the National Leadership Summit of the American Legislative Exchange Counsel
- First Woman in the State's history to be elected as President of the Georgia Association of Conservation District Supervisors
- Consistently recognized by the Association of County Commissioners and the Georgia Municipal Association for her work on behalf of local tax relief, unfunded mandates and local governments
- Named the number one major "Mover and Shaker" for Toccoa and Stephens County for three years and as such became the first member of that Hall of Fame
- Recognition from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Georgia Citizens for the Arts, and the Georgia Association of Public Accountants
- First woman to serve as a Governor's Floor Leader, First woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly from the Ninth Congressional District and the first woman chairman of a major House Committee
- February 20, 2002 won the Tom Murphy State Service Award which recognized her outstanding record established during her eighteen years in the Georgia House
- Received the Conservation Government Award for 2002
- Received Professional Association of Georgia Education Legislator of the Year Award June 29, 2002
- Received National Association of RC&D Award recognizing her as Council Member of the Year 2002
- Recognized 2003 by the SE Region of the USDA for twenty years of effor ton behalf of rural America
