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Fmr. Ala. Justice Almon dies at 74

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Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Reneau Almon has died. He was 74.

Long-time friend Bob Martin said Almon died Monday night at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham from complications from Alzheimer's disease and other health problems.

Almon served as a circuit judge and an appeals court judge before being elected to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1974. He retired in 1999.

Martin said a graveside service in being planned Thursday in his hometown of Moulton. S

urvivors include his wife Debbie and three sons: Jonathan Almon of Birmingham, Jason Almon of Montgomery and Tommy Preer of Montgomery.

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