[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO JOE A. MACON, JR.

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, on November 17, 1993, Wetumpka, AL, lost 
one of its favorite sons when attorney Joe A. Macon, Jr. died of 
complications associated with bone marrow transplant surgery. A 
Wetumpka native and life-long resident, Joe was a former chairman of 
the Elmore County Democratic Executive Committee. He was a 1974 
graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law.
  Joe was a friendly and outgoing person who was very active in 
community and civic affairs. He was a former Elmore County memorial 
chairman for the American Cancer Society and a member of the First 
United Methodist Church, the Lions Club, the board of directors of 
AmSouth Bank's Elmore County branch, and the Alabama Alumni 
Association. He was a past president of the Elmore County Bar 
Association and a member of the Alabama and American Bar Associations.
  Joe came from a family devoted to improving the quality of life for 
all people in Alabama. His father, Judge Joe A. Macon, Sr., was one of 
the State's finest circuit judges. Joe Jr. had a wealth of friends who 
respected him in every way. I visited him several times while he was in 
the hospital and I know of no one who ever fought harder to beat an 
illness than Joe did.
  I extend my deepest condolences to Joe's wife, Jo Puryear Macon, 
their sons, Joe and John, and his parents, Joe Macon, Sr. and Helen N. 
Macon in the wake of their tremendous loss. Joe's legacy was one of 
truly serving others, and that is what his many friends and colleagues 
will always remember him for.

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