Pete Sessions: “I rise today to recall the contributions made to Alabama and the Nation by Roy Johnson, the district attorney for the…”

“I rise today to recall the contributions made to Alabama and the Nation by Roy Johnson, the district attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. Roy's untimely death on February 11, 1998, at age 49, cut short his career and deprived his wife Anita, his son Matthew, and his daughter Gabrielle of a loving and devoted husband and father. Roy was the friend of thousands, and I was pleased to call him a personal friend. In addition, I knew him well as a professional prosecutor with whom I worked on a regular basis during the years I served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. Service to his country as a Marine captain demonstrated his love for country, but it also caused him to develop, during his service time, a form of hepatitis that damaged his liver and which ultimately resulted in his having to undergo a liver transplant operation. There were high hopes for the success of the operation. He seemed to be doing well when there occurred a sudden turn for the worst, and Roy was gone.”