PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND

Retired District Judge Joe Ned Dean was honored on Friday with a portrait hung at the Trinity County Courthouse Courtroom. Speakers at this event were current 258th District Judge Travis Kitchens Jr. and 258th District Attorney Bennie L. Schiro. Also recognizing Judge Dean were Judge Robert H. Trapp, Former Judge Kaycee L. Jones, Joe Scott Evans and Retired County Attorney Joe Werner Bell. Judge Dean retired in 1998 as District Judge and 2012 as District Attorney. His family was in attendance and his great nieces and nephew did the unveiling as well as a host of friends.Photo by Martha Mericle