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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Funeral arrangements for Attorney General Jim Mattox


Jim Mattox (photo)
former Texas Attorney General

Funeral arrangements for former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox have been changed and expanded. Mr. Mattox will lie in state in the House chamber of the Texas Capitol from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24th with family members present from 5 to 7 p.m.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25th - one hour later than originally planned - at First Baptist Church of Austin, 901 Trinity St.

Burial will be at the State Cemetery after the church service. Mr. Mattox - who billed himself as the people's lawyer while Texas attorney general - died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Dripping Springs, Texas.

He was 65. Mattox is survived by his wife, Marta Mattox of Dripping Springs; two children, Jim Mattox and Janet "Sissi" Mattox, both of Dripping Springs; a sister, Janice Mattox of Dallas; and a brother, Jerry Mattox of Dallas.

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