Cite as 2025 Ark. 7

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

Opfoio,1 Delivered: February 6, 2025 IN MEMORY OF HONOR.ABLEJERRY E. MAZZANTI

PER CURIA.M

OnJanuary 18, 2025, the HonorableJerry E. Mazzanti, retired circuitjudge for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, died at the age of 84. Judge Mazzanti, an acclaimed football player who set records with the Arkansas Razorbacks having played in three major bowl games, began his NFL career in 1963, served overseas in the U.S. Army, returned to the NFL in 1966. He attended law school during the off-seasons and graduated from the University of Arkansas Law School in 1970. He started practicing law as an Assistant Prosecutor with Pulaski County and in 1974 he returned to practice law in his hometown, Lake Village. Other career distinctions include playing football for the Fort Bragg Army team, coaching one of the four Army teams in Korea for a year, and being inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honor in 2003.

In 1985 Governor Bill Clinton appointed Judge Mazzanti as a circuit judge for the TenthJudicial Circuit. He was then elected to the position of chanceryjudge and assumed that office inJanuary 1987. In 1992 and 1998 he was reelected and continued to serve the Tenth Judicial District, during which time Amendment 80 took effect, and Chancellor Mazzanti became once again a circuit judge where he served in that position for 19 ½ years until his retirement in 2004. February 6, 2025