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House Bill 9161




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9161

        By Representative Sublette






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution paying tribute to Circuit Court

  3         Judge Gary L. Formet, Sr.

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  5         WHEREAS, Gary L. Formet, Sr., was born in St.

  6  Petersburg and raised in Gary, Indiana, and Sarasota, and

  7         WHEREAS, in 1964, Gary Formet married the former Jane

  8  Comer, whom he met while they were students at Stetson

  9  University, and one son, Gary L. Formet, Jr., was born to the

10  marriage, and

11         WHEREAS, while serving as 1st Lieutenant of an Army

12  platoon in South Vietnam in 1967, Gary Formet stumbled on the

13  trip wire of a hidden land mine while on patrol, and

14         WHEREAS, following the amputation of both legs and a

15  year of recovery and therapy, Gary L. Formet, Sr., was awarded

16  both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, and

17         WHEREAS, Gary L. Formet, Sr., then attended Stetson

18  University College of Law, graduating in 1971 and beginning

19  practice in Orlando, and

20         WHEREAS, in 1979, Gary Formet began his judicial career

21  in Orange County, rising to the position of Circuit Court

22  Judge in 1986, winning the respect of public defenders and

23  prosecutors, and

24         WHEREAS, after a yearlong battle with a terminal

25  illness, the family, friends, and professional associates of

26  Judge Gary L. Formet, Sr., mourn his untimely passing, NOW,

27  THEREFORE,

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

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9161

    534-182-97






  1         That the House of Representatives does hereby pause in

  2  its deliberations to honor and pay tribute to the memory of

  3  Judge Gary L. Formet, Sr., a man respected and loved by his

  4  family and many friends and colleagues for his kindness and

  5  personal commitment to service and justice in the face of

  6  adversity.

  7         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  8  be presented to Jane C. Formet as a tangible token of the

  9  sentiments expressed herein.

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