Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Jimmy M. Stoker, 82, died Wednesday, February 4, 2004.  He earned his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from Louisiana State University and as an undergraduate he served as president of the student body, 1941-1942.  He served in World War II as an infantry officer in the 94th Division in Europe and served as an infantry reserve officer until 1956.  He then served in the Judge Advocate General Corps in the Army reserve and was promoted to colonel in 1967 and completed more than 29 years of service in 1971.  He became a district court judge in Rapides Parish in 1973, a position he held for five years before he was elected to serve on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1979.  He was reelected to that seat in 1986 and served there until his retirement in 1993.  He was a member of the Alexandria, Louisiana and American bar associations and the Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville.