Retired Slidell City Court Judge Gus A. Fritchie, Jr. died April 26, 2001 in Slidell, La. Judge Fritchie earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University and his juris doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. He was in the private practice of law from 1953 until 1971 when he took over his father’s position of judge at Slidell City Court, where he served until his retirement in 1989.