An oil portrait of Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joseph B. Jones, who was presiding judge when he died in 1998, will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Wednesday in a ceremony at the Supreme Court Building in Jackson.
Jones, of Memphis, was appointed to the appellate court in 1986 by Gov. Lamar Alexander. He was elected in 1988 and reelected to an eight-year term in 1990. He died May 1, 1998, at age 58 of complications from an infection.
The portrait by Cordova artist Tom Donahue was commissioned by Jones’ family, colleagues on the court and former law clerks.
“The artist did a beautiful job,” Glenda Jones said of her late husband’s portrait. “It looks like Joe should talk to you.”