Resolution 108-1997
Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. 108 -1997
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE
HONORABLE M. IGNATIUS LESTER, RETIRED CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
WHEREAS, Judge M. Ignatius Lester, one of the longest serving judges in Monroe County,
has passed away at the age of 77; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lester, retired from the bench since 1991, formerly served as City
Attorney for the City of Key West, and later served as counsel for the Monroe County School
District; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lester was appointed to the bench of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in
1971, and served unopposed for twenty-three years; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lester served on the State's Board of Governors and, on occasion, the
Board of Appeals in Miami, and since retiring, remained active throughout South Florida, often
sitting for judges in other circuits as well as in Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, was instrumental in overturning a state ban on gay adoption in 1995; and
WHEREAS, Judge Lester was highly respected in the legal community and in the City of
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Key West and Monroe County in general as a man of patience, fairn~s ODd ki~nesst:NOW
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS pF MONROE CQUNTY,
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Section 1.
The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and
mourning for the passing of the late Honorable M. Ignatius Lester, and in recognition of his
extensive dedication to the law and vast public service to the people of Key West and Monroe
County, and the State of Florida.
Section 2.
The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to Judge Lester's widow, Mary Alice Pitts Lester, to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 19 th day of
March
,1997.
Mayor Douglass
Mayor Pro T em London
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Reich
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