Mitchell Co., TX - Obits: Judge Eldon B. Mahon ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Bob Edgar USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Judge Eldon B. Mahon, Ft. Worth, Texas: Eldon B. Mahon, 87, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at his home. Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church of Colorado City, Texas. The REb. Mark Gibbens-Rickman and the Reb. Twila Gibbens-Rickman will officiate. Interment: Loraine Cemetary in Loraine. Visitation: Judge Mahon will lie in state after 10 a.m. Tuesday, where his family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Drawing Room of Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Additional Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Saturday at Westcliff UMC, in Ft. Worth. Memorials: His memory may be honored with a gift to Texas Wesleyan University, 1201 Wesleyan St., Ft. Worth 76105; The Eldon B. Mahon Endowed Scholarship at McMurry University, P.O. Box 938, Abilene, 97697-0938; or Arborlawn UMC, 5001 Briarhaven Rd., Ft. Worth 76019. Eldon B. Mahon was born in 1918 in Loraine. He obtained his bachelor's degree from McMurry University and his law degree from the University of Texas. He then served with the Army Air Corps during WWII. After working as a briefing attorney for the Texas Supreme Court, he held a number of public offices in Mitchell County, including county attorney, district attorney and district judge. In 1968, Judge Mahon's career in federal service began with his appointment as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, in 1972. Judge Mahon took senior status in 1989 and continued to serve the Northern District in a near full-time capacity until October 2002, when he took inactive senior status. Judge Mahon was recognized for his countless contributions to the community and legal profession. He received an honorary Doctor of Law Degree from McMurry University and an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Texas Wesleyan University. He was awarded the Medal of Honor from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1993, the Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court was named in his honor. In 1998, Judge Mahon was the recipient of the Tarrant County Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, which recognizes an outstanding jurist who has the reputation of competency, efficiency and integrity. He was also honored in 1998 with the highest award given to a jurist in the state, the Samuel Pessara Outstanding Jurist Award from the Texas Bar Foundation. In Jun 3, 2002, Judge Mahon received a 50-year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation. On Nov. 14, 2003, Judge Eldon B. Mahon was honored in a ceremony naming the Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse, in Ft. Worth. Judge Mahon had served on the board of trustees for the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, McMurry University and Harris Methodist Hospital. Survivors: Wife of 65 years, Nova Lee Mahon; children, Jana R. Cobb, Martha Haag and her husband, Lee, and E. Brad Mahon and his wife, Diane; grandchildren, Shannon Moore and her husband, Michael, Miles Liedtke and his wife, Valerie, Drew Liedtke, Leigh Ann Haag, Samuel Haag and Megan Haag; brothers, Royce Mahon and his wife Margaret, Bryan Mahon and his wife, Mary Nell, and Gordon Mahon and his wife, Melba; sister, Melba Rickman; and numerous nieces and nephews. ---