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House Bill 9095




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9095

        By Representatives Sembler and K. Pruitt






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution paying tribute to the memory of

  3         Chief Judge L.B. "Buck" Vocelle.

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  5         WHEREAS, Chief Judge L.B. "Buck" Vocelle, a lifetime

  6  resident of Vero Beach, was born August 4, 1926, a member of

  7  one of Indian River County's pioneer families, and

  8         WHEREAS, L.B. Vocelle graduated in 1949, a member of

  9  the second men's class at Florida State University, obtained a

10  law degree from the University of Florida in 1952, and joined

11  the practice of his father, James T. Vocelle, one of the

12  founders of Indian River County, and

13         WHEREAS, L.B. Vocelle, who served his state in the

14  House of Representatives from 1956 to 1962, continued to

15  practice law until 1979, when he was appointed by

16  then-Governor Bob Graham to the newly created judgeship of the

17  Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, and

18         WHEREAS, widely respected for his evenhandedness,

19  compassion, and commitment to equal justice under the law, in

20  1993, Judge Vocelle was elected chief judge by his peers in

21  the circuit, a position he would continue to hold until his

22  death on November 30, 1996, and

23         WHEREAS, Judge Vocelle, who cared deeply about children

24  and the future of the nation, which he defended in the Pacific

25  Theater as a teenage Marine in World War II, worked tirelessly

26  in his efforts to help establish the teen court, community

27  arbitration, and family court programs, and

28         WHEREAS, Judge Vocelle is survived by his wife of

29  forty-one years, Kathleen, and four children, L.B. Vocelle,

30  Jr., Kathleen Vocelle Kelley, Cynthia Vocelle Howard, and

31  Charles Vocelle, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9095

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  1         WHEREAS, Judge Vocelle, counted among Indian River

  2  County's greatest leaders, will be remembered as a man of

  3  integrity, who "did justice and loved mercy" and was concerned

  4  less with legal technicality than in doing what was right,

  5  NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  8  Florida:

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10         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

11  deliberations to pay tribute to a great man, Chief Judge L.B.

12  "Buck" Vocelle.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

14  be presented to Kathleen Vocelle as a tangible token of the

15  sentiments expressed herein.

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