Former state Supreme Court Justice Andree Layton Roaf, 68, died July 1.(Business Briefs)(Obituary)(Brief article)

Former state Supreme Court Justice Andree Layton Roaf, 68, died July 1. She was the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in 1995 and served on the state Court of Appeals from 1996 to 2006. She died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences after losing consciousness in her office. She had been serving as director of the federal court office that monitors the Pulaski County desegregation case.

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