WACO, Texas (KWTX) – A painting honoring a late federal bankruptcy judge who served the public for more than two decades before his death in 2014 has been unveiled at the federal courthouse in downtown Waco.

The painting, which now hangs in the hallway outside the bankruptcy courtroom, features Larry Kelly, who served as the U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Texas for almost 22 years. Kelly died in 2014 at age 68.

The judge’s widow, Suzanne Kelly, of Waco, said her family is grateful for the tribute.

“It was a memorable and rewarding experience to see the portrait of Larry Kelly, our husband and father, honored with his portrait hanging in the halls of Waco’s U.S. District Courthouse,” Suzanne told KWTX. “He spent so many hours there, and it is comforting to know that hi

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