[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S15289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JAMES M. JONES

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, I rise today to commend and congratulate 
James M. Jones, who recently retired from his position as the clerk of 
court for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama. 
Mr. Jones served with the bankruptcy court for nearly 30 years, from 
September 1966 through his retirement effective September 1 of this 
year.
  James began his career as an insurance manager in 1954. After 12 
years in the field, he found his true calling as a member of the 
judicial staff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, eventually rising to 
become clerk of the court for the middle district. He served there for 
16 years with distinction, dedication, and consummate professionalism. 
He was an active member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks 
[NCBC], assisting in the incorporation of the organization and in the 
writing of its original bylaws. He later chaired and served on numerous 
committees of NCBC, and has been a featured speaker at numerous 
organizational meetings and seminars on the issue of bankruptcy.
  James Jones was born June 30, 1930 in Morgan County, AL to James D. 
and Dora Kilpatrick Jones. In 1950, he married Janene Hocutt, with whom 
he had four children--Sharon, Steve, Craig, and Lyn. He was educated at 
Auburn University and Jones Law School in Montgomery. He served in the 
U.S. Army during the Korean war, and represented the First Army as an 
observer to the second atomic bomb test at Yucca Flat, NV in 1951.
  I extend my very best to James and his family as he embarks on his 
well-deserved retirement. I hope it is as long, healthy, and productive 
as his career has been.

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