Yesterday Florida State lost one of its most loyal Seminoles ever. Judge Jim Joanos passed away peacefully in Tallahassee, 89 years young. . He and his wife Betty Lou were Moore-Stone Award winners as FSU Hall of Famers, inducted as a couple.
Judge Joanos attended FSU’s first football game as a teen ager in 1947. The only home football games he ever missed in 76 years were while in service to the Air Force and at family weddings. He and Betty Lou were constant fans at all FSU men’s and women’s events. Almost surely, he attended more athletic contests than anyone in our history.
He was a most respected attorney, trial judge and First District Court of Appeals Judge. He helped document FSU Athletics history through his Garnet and Old articles and helped Bob Perrone with our complete chronicle of Athletics statistics and records in nolefsn.org, used today as the source of all FSU Athletics history.
At FSU events he was often seen wearing his authentic Seminole tribal jacket.
Jim Joanos was kind, wise, considerate, loyal, humble and a friend to thousands . He will be sorely missed and long remembered.
Judge Joanos attended FSU’s first football game as a teen ager in 1947. The only home football games he ever missed in 76 years were while in service to the Air Force and at family weddings. He and Betty Lou were constant fans at all FSU men’s and women’s events. Almost surely, he attended more athletic contests than anyone in our history.
He was a most respected attorney, trial judge and First District Court of Appeals Judge. He helped document FSU Athletics history through his Garnet and Old articles and helped Bob Perrone with our complete chronicle of Athletics statistics and records in nolefsn.org, used today as the source of all FSU Athletics history.
At FSU events he was often seen wearing his authentic Seminole tribal jacket.
Jim Joanos was kind, wise, considerate, loyal, humble and a friend to thousands . He will be sorely missed and long remembered.
