Political Quotes

“on November 17, 1993, Wetumpka, AL, lost one of its favorite sons when attorney Joe A. Macon, Jr. died of complications associated with bone marrow transplant surgery. A Wetumpka native and life-long resident, Joe was a former chairman of the Elmore County Democratic Executive Committee. He was a 1974 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law. Joe was a friendly and outgoing person who was very active in community and civic affairs. He was a former Elmore County memorial chairman for the American Cancer Society and a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Lions Club, the board of directors of AmSouth Bank's Elmore County branch, and the Alabama Alumni Association. He was a past president of the Elmore County Bar Association and a member of the Alabama and American Bar Associations. Joe came from a family devoted to improving the quality of life for all people in Alabama. His father, Judge Joe A. Macon, Sr., was one of the State's finest circuit judges. Joe Jr. had a wealth of friends who respected him in every way. I visited him several times while he was in the hospital and I know of no one who ever fought harder to beat an illness than Joe did. I extend my deepest condolences to Joe's wife, Jo Puryear Macon, their sons, Joe and John, and his parents, Joe Macon, Sr. and Helen N. Macon in the wake of their tremendous loss.”