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back before St. Peter, and he said, "St. Peter, I thought you told me that I had 20 years." He said, "Gee, Judge Russell, we're sorry. We just didn't recognize you. We thought you were Justice Chuck McRae, and we've been looking for him for years.
(APPLAUSE.)
BY JUDGE ROPER:	Judge, we honor you
today, and it's a pleasure to have known you and I'm looking forward to knowing you for the next 20 years.
(APPLAUSE.)
BY MS. METZLER:	Thank you, Judge Roper.
You know, Judge Griffin used to say that we grow them big in Hancock County. We were fortunate enough that Judge Griffin went on to be a Supreme Court Judge, Judge Russell went on to be a federal judge, and then last but not least we have Walter. You know, we still consider Walter as Walter in Bay St. Louis. It's kind of hard for us to call him Judge Walter because he's just old Walter from Bay St. Louis. He and I share the same birthday. Of course, he's much, much older than me. We do share the same birthday. He
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER