Lifelong friends and neighbors of Gallant native Roy Moore '69 watched his second swearing-in Friday as chief justice of Alabama in a solemn and religious ceremony in the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building.
Moore and Supreme Court Justice-elect Tommy Bryan took their oaths of office during an investiture ceremony that was attended by Moore's West Point classmates, family and friends, and Bryan's family, friends and associate justices on the Court of Civil Appeals.
Gov. Robert Bentley honored Bryan and Moore with commissions. They begin their six-year terms on Monday.
In the balcony of the Supreme Court courtroom were Johnny and Nancy King and Ken and Linda Sadler, Moore's neighbors in the Etowah County community of Gallant for more than 50 years.
They said Moore came from humble beginnings and took over as the man of the house after his father died. Moore was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy in 1965 by then-U.S. Rep. Jim Martin, R-Gadsden, who attended Friday’s ceremony.