Former state senator and current appellate judge passes away
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Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge John Saunders is pictured sitting in front of his Ville Platte law office. The long time public servant passed away on Monday, September 13, at the age of 78, and was nearing the end of his third term on the bench. (Gazette file photo)
One of Evangeline Parish’s elder statesmen, who served as state senator and as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, passed away on Monday, September 13, at the age of 78. At the time of his death, John Saunders was near the end of his third term on the appellate court.
“I am terribly saddened to learn of the passing of former Senator and Honorable Judge John D. Saunders,” expressed…
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