[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE MEMORY OF JOHN LAUTHLIN MOORE, III

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 4, 2008

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, the city of Mobile and the state of 
Alabama recently lost a dedicated community leader, and I rise today to 
honor Judge John Lauthlin Moore, III and pay tribute to his memory.
  A native of Porterville, Mississippi, Judge Moore received an 
undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and a law 
degree from the University of Alabama. After practicing law in Mobile 
for a number of years, he became the Probate Judge of Mobile County in 
1963, a position he held until 1982. After which time, Judge Moore 
served for 20 years as Supernumerary Probate Judge of Mobile County 
until his retirement in 2003.
  Judge Moore was a lifelong Baptist and a member of Spring Hill 
Baptist Church. He was a past president of the Alabama Probate Judges 
Association. He served on the board of directors of the Alabama 
Archives, and he was a George F. Hixson Fellow of the Kiwanis Club.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering a 
dedicated community leader, a friend to many throughout Alabama, as 
well as a wonderful husband and devoted father. Judge John L. Moore, 
III will be dearly missed by his family--his wife, Mary Anne Grieme 
Moore; his daughter, Anne Moore Patton; his son, John L. Moore, IV and 
his wife Anne; and his grandchildren, James Moore Patton, John Thurman 
Moore, Thomas Ware Moore and Lauthlin Anne Patton--as well as the many 
countless friends he leaves behind. Our thoughts and prayers are with 
them all during this difficult time.

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