The lives of Jim Jaska, the 80-year-old mayor of Ross, Texas, and Mayor Charles Wilson, 65, of the nearby town of Lacy Lakeview, have long been deeply intertwined. Wilson’s mother worked alongside Jaska for years in the local public schools. Their ancestors are buried in the same cemetery in Ross.
Jaska was even Wilson’s football and baseball coach at Connally Junior High. “Hard worker, decent athlete, good kid,” he said of his former student, who went on to serve overseas in the CIA before returning home.
