[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 91 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S5016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING JOHN BRANTLEY CRAWLEY

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to 
Judge John Brantley Crawley of Brundidge, AL, who passed away on June 
4, 2013. I met and talked with Judge Crawley when I ran for attorney 
general in Alabama in 1994, and when he decided to run for an associate 
judgeship on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He won and ably served 
becoming the presiding judge on the court in 2005, a position he held 
until his retirement in 2007.
  I liked him. He was a man of personal integrity and decency. He had 
no ego problems. He had good judgment and was comfortable in himself 
and with others. He was a real lawyer who had represented thousands of 
normal people walking about. This experience taught him about people 
and legal issues. That experience made him the fine judge that he was.
  He is survived by his wife of nearly 48 years, Sherrie Johnston 
Crawley; son, Brant; brother, Larry; and sister, Nancy. Judge Crawley 
was a genuine and generous man, a modest man, with a keen sense of 
humor. His career included 40 years of practicing law and 18 years 
serving the Alabama Courts and his contributions to justice in Alabama 
and the rule of law are most deserving of this recognition.

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