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| succeeded4=Hugh Shovlin​

| succeeded4=Hugh Shovlin​

| birth_date=May 27, 1930

| birth_date=May 27, 1930

| birth_place=[[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]]​

| birth_place=[[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]

| death_date=June 12, 2020 (aged 90)​

| death_date=June 12, 2020 (aged 90)​

| death_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]

| death_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]

| resting_place=Not divulged in obituary​

| resting_place=Not divulged in obituary​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| spouse=Alice Lewis Sessions (married 1952-2019, her death)​

| spouse=Alice Lewis Sessions (married 1952–2019, her death)​

| children=William Lewis Sessions<br>

| children=William Lewis Sessions<br>

Peter Anderson "Pete" Sessions<br>

Peter Anderson "Pete" Sessions<br>

==Background==

==Background==

Sessions was born in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]], to the former Edith Almetta Steele (1907-1985) and the Reverend William "Will"  Anderson Sessions, Jr., (1905-1998), a [[Church of Christ]] pastor and author who was born in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. He also pastored in the [[Presbyterian]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33910312/william-anderson-sessions|title=Dr. William Anderson "Will" Sessions, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

Sessions was born in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]], to the former Edith Almetta Steele (1907–1985) and the Reverend William "Will"  Anderson Sessions, Jr., (1905–1998), a [[Church of Christ]] pastor and author who was born in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. He also pastored in the [[Presbyterian]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33910312/william-anderson-sessions|title=Dr. William Anderson "Will" Sessions, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

The family of four also lived in [[California]], [[Nebraska]], and [[Missouri]]. Will Sessions authored ''Greater Men and Women of the Bible,'' ''The Week of the Cross,'' and the ''God and Country Award Handbook'' for the [[Boy Scouts]]. Son William Sessions was an [[Eagle Scout]] and a 1948 graduate of Northeast High School in [[Kansas City]], Missour. He enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] and in 1952 received an officer's commission. He remained on active duty for three years. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he received in 1956 a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1958 a Bachelor of Laws.<ref name=fjc>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sessions-william-steele|title=Sessions, William Steele|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

The family of four also lived in [[California]], [[Nebraska]], and [[Missouri]]. Will Sessions authored ''Greater Men and Women of the Bible,'' ''The Week of the Cross,'' and the ''God and Country Award Handbook'' for the [[Boy Scouts]]. Son William Sessions was an [[Eagle Scout]] and a 1948 graduate of Northeast High School in [[Kansas City]], Missour. He enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] and in 1952 received an officer's commission. He remained on active duty for three years. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he received in 1956 a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1958 a Bachelor of Laws.<ref name=fjc>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sessions-william-steele|title=Sessions, William Steele|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>