James B. Judd Sr. Road agency supervisor

Services for James B. Judd Sr., a retired signal shop supervisor for the State Highway Administration, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Barranco and Sons Funeral Home, Ritchie Highway and Robinson Road in Severna Park.

Mr. Judd, who was 80, died Sunday at his home in Manhattan Beach of congestive heart failure.

He retired in 1971 after 35 years with the highway agency and its predecessor, the State Roads Commission. He installed the commission's first traffic light, which was in College Park, according to family members.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y, who was reared in the Eastport area of Annapolis, he attended the Annapolis High School and had lived in the Round Bay area.

He served in the Navy and was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Viola M. Salmon; two sons, James Judd Jr. of Gaithersburg and Eric Judd of Pasadena; two daughters, Patricia Hall of Annapolis and Carole Meissner of Spokane, Wash.; and 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.