[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E177-E178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING JUDGE JAMES L. ROBERTS, JR.

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2020

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Circuit Judge James L. Roberts, Jr., who retired from the Pontotoc 
County Courthouse after a 48-year judiciary career.
  Judge Roberts was born on June 8, 1945, in Pontotoc County, 
Mississippi. He attended public school in Pontotoc County and later 
pursued higher education at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. 
He then earned his M.B.A. at Mississippi State University in Starkville 
and later received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 
Oxford.
  As a life-long public servant, Judge Roberts served as Pontotoc 
County Prosecuting Attorney, municipal judge, chancery judge, circuit 
judge, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice, and was the Mississippi 
Commissioner of Public Safety for four years.
  Throughout his life and to this day, Judge Roberts has set an example 
for others to follow. He and his wife, Mrs. Rose D. Roberts, are active 
members of Pontotoc First United Methodist Church. He has served the 
church as administrative council member and chair, trustee member and 
chair, finance member and chair, lay leader, head usher, and Sunday 
School Teacher.
  I thank Judge Roberts for his lifelong dedication to the law and for 
making Mississippi a better place. I wish him many years of good 
health.

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