Long-time federal district Judge Filemon Vela, 68, died Tuesday afternoon in Harlingen after a short battle with cancer. President Carter appointed Judge Vela to the federal bench in 1980. Judge Vela’s family has scheduled a funeral Mass for 9 a.m. Friday at the Special Events Center in Brownsville.
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In Memoriam
Today’s edition of the Brownsville Herald informs readers that the Honorable Filemon B. Vela, Senior District Judge for the Southern…