Political Quotes

“Mr. Willis Vincent Bell, a valued long- time employee of Alabama's Legislative Reference Service, passed away on December 28, 1993. Mr. Bell was probably the leading authority on the Code of Alabama 1975, having been the reporter on the initial compilation and the person responsible for the annual codification of the acts of the State legislature since that time. Willis was a classmate of mine at the University of Alabama School of Law. On January 24, the Alabama legislature adopted a resolution mourning Willis Bell's death. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of that most- deserved and fitting tribute be printed at this point in the Record. There being no objection, the resolution was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: House Joint Resolution 19 Whereas, it is in profound, personal sorrow that the Legislature of Alabama records the death of Willis Vincent Bell of Montgomery, Alabama, on December 28, 1993, at the age of 74 years; and Whereas, a Montgomery County native, Willis Bell was a distinguished United States Navy veteran of World War II, and a 1949 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law where he was a member of Farrah Law Society, ODK, and Order of Jurisprudence, and was Comment Editor of the Alabama Law Review; and Whereas, Mr.…”