Ms Roome said her friends and family would be pleased for her honour, but she mainly wonders how Jools would feel.
“I think he’d be very proud. I like to think somewhere he’s looking down and thinking ‘well done mum, keep going’.”
Her parliamentary petition successfully triggered a debate in January, raising awareness about the issue of data access. It is due to go back to Parliament and she said she hopes it could get Royal Assent by March.
Ms Roome said she believed digital checks should form part of the post-mortem and inquest process, similar to a toxicology report to look for drugs and alcohol.
Elsewhere, ex-Chief Executive of NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, Mary Hutton, has been appointed CBE, while Prof David Main, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Royal Agricultural University said he was “honoured and delighted” to have been awarded a British Empire Medal.
They are among nine people recognised across Gloucestershire.