2006

Serving a:> judge and d1stnct attorney has often resulted in threats forJudge Gordon. who said he accepts such actions as pan of the job. "As district attorney, I broke up a burglary ring and received threats from the people invollied with the case who were ob' tnu:.1y up,et bl"("au e tb~ were going to rhe penitentiary. I abo know of contracts that were made on my lifewhtleservingasjudge. I won't name names, ofcourse. but there have been prosecutions of those who have attempted to hire people to kill me. So I've had those type experiences and accept them as pan of the job and it doesn't bother me," he said. Judge Gprdon began his career in 1959 as a self-employed attorney at the Gordon Law rirn1 that he shared at that time with his brother. Rex Sr.• and practiced law m Union until 1977. He served as Board Attorney for the Union Public School Dt~trict from 1960-1977: was attorney for the Clly of Union from 1959 to 1977; served as prosecuting attorney for Ne,., ton County' from 1964 to 1968; and served as attorney for the Newton County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 1990 lie is a graduate of Union I !igh School. ECCC. the University of Mississippi (BBA, LLB 1959) and University of Mississippi School of Law (JD 1967). At Ole Miss. Gordon served as vice president of the Law School Student Body Association. Gordon attended EC during the fall of 1950. then served four years tn the military before returning to campus in the fall of 1955. Gordon voluntarily joined the united State~ Atr Force following hts freshman year and returned four years later. taking advantage of the G. I Bill to contmue his collegtate educauon. Followlllg a stellat career as

- 1rs ~some ~as a great instru..tor: I had the firs1 semester of literature under her. and '"hen I trano;ferred ro-O e Miss ( pnn~ IQ56) and took s..'"'C'(Ind emester literature. I v.as ar alieaa of mo~t of the other ~tudenb because I had the benefit of her in...tlllt'tKm." Gordon • ted. Gord n 1 al o a former instructor m V. S Gm emment at Ea:.t Central and -ened on the ColleEe·~ Board ofTru...tces. He is also a member of the Mississippi Bar Assoctntton the Newton County Bar Association, the Amencan Trial l.U\\ ycrs Association, Missts~ippi Defense Lawyers Association. the Untversity of Mississtppi Alumni Association and the Ole Miss La\\ School Alumni Associatil ·, Judge Gordon served as the keynote speaker for the 2004 Mississippi Bar i\ssociatton Convention and the 2006 Mississippi Judges Conference. which consists of Supreme Court Justices, Appellate Court Judges. Circuit Judges, Chancel') Judges and Justice Court Judge~ He \\Ill serve as the keynote speaker for the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Assoctation Convention in October 2006 Judge Gordon is married to the forn1er P• •II)' Matthews (Class of 1954), who serves as guidance counselor at Union High School They ha\e four grown children. Craig Gordon (Class of 1980); Teresa Gordon Parker (Class of 1985): Darin Gordon (M1so;tss1ppi College. 1989) and Brian Gordon (Class of 1993), and 1\\0 grandchildren. JuJge Gqrdon is a member of F1rst Baptt t CHurch in Union.