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BETTY JANE LONG Battered Women and received the Pro Bono Project Exceptional Service
Betty Jane Long, 95, of Meridian, died July 29, 2023. She earned an Award from The Mississippi Bar. Maddan served as secretary/treasurer of
undergraduate degree from Millsaps College, a Master’s degree from the the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference. In 1984, Maddan went to work
University of Alabama, and in 1953, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the for the VA General Counsel in Washington, D.C., but was out-stationed
University of Mississippi School of Law. When she was admitted to The as legal counsel to the National Acquisition Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Mississippi Bar in 1953, she was the sole female among 16 new admittees. In that capacity, she obtained the first multi-million-dollar recovery for
Long was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1955 and defective pricing claims against several pharmaceutical companies. In
served as one of only two female House members at the time. In 1979, 1989, Maddan was transferred to California where she handled contract
when she was elected to a seventh legislative term, other women incum- and major construction cases throughout the western United States and
bents were defeated that year, leaving Long as the only female legislator served as a mentor on construction projects to other V.A. attorneys. She
in Mississippi. Long chaired several committees and successfully cham- retired in 2012.
pioned legislation during her time in office, including bills that qualified
women to serve on juries and to provide for female restrooms in county RAYMOND LOUIS “MICKEY†MCGUIRE
courthouses. After she retired from public service in 1983, she worked at Raymond Louis “Mickey†McGuire, 89, of Alexandria, Virginia, died
Long’s Bake Shop in Meridian, owned by her family. October 4, 2022. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University
of Mississippi School of Law and was admitted to The Mississippi Bar
ANNA COX MADDAN in 1960.
Anna Cox Maddan, 80, of Palm Desert, California, died April 19, 2023.
She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi in TERRILL KAY “T.K.†MOFFETT
1964 and a Juris Doctorate from the UM School of Law in 1966 where Terrill Kay “T.K.†Moffett, 73, of Tupelo, died June 5, 2023. He had dual
she was the only woman in her graduating class. In her Mississippi legal careers in the military and law. Moffett earned an undergraduate degree
career, Maddan was a partner in the first all-female defense insurance law from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned
firm in the country. Before that time, she had been the only female law- as a Second Lieutenant. He served as an Airborne Infantry Officer and
yer in a personal injury/product liability law firm, a managing attorney Armor Officer and graduated from the Infantry Officer Basic Course and
for legal services and legal counsel for the Mississippi Senate. Maddan the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Moffett earned a Master’s
helped establish and served as the first counsel for the Jackson Shelter for degree from the University of Hawaii before earning a Juris Doctorate
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