Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Courtroom Dedicated to Judge Painter

Rossville officials dedicated the historic city courtroom to Judge Paul Johnny Painter on Monday evening.

Judge Painter died on Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. He was the city attorney of Rossville for 25 years and served as a Superior Court Judge for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit.

Judge Painter was also a 25-year member of the board of governors of the State Bar of Georgia, serving as president of the Georgia Council of Superior Court Judges and as chairman of the State Judicial Council of Georgia.

His wife, Juanita Davis Painter ; daughter and son-in-law, Paulette and Calvin Grant, Chattanooga and son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Judi Painter Jr. of Savannah were joined by many other family and friends at the reception.

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