MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 2011

2011 MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS

Memorial to

James Lloyd “J.L.” Bailey, Jr.

As prepared by Paul R. Leitner

I consider it a great honor to be able to say a few words in memory of J. L. Bailey, Jr., who I came to know in the last several years. J. L. was a true gentleman, a beloved family man, and a consistent contributor to his church and this community. J. L. deserved the unqualified respect of all who knew him.

James Lloyd Bailey, Jr. was born on January 18, 1940, to the late Mrs. Pearl Smith Bailey and James Lloyd Bailey, Sr. He departed this life on February 24, 2010.

J. L. attended Red Bank Elementary and Middle School through the 8th grade and then transferred to Baylor where he graduated in 1958.

After graduating from Baylor, he attended the University of Chattanooga and graduated from it in 1962. Following his graduation from the University of Chattanooga, he received the Chapin-Thomas Scholarship from UC to attend law school at the University of Cincinnati Law School. Following his graduation from the University of Cincinnati Law School, he returned to Chattanooga to practice law with the law firm of Campbell & Campbell.

In 1963 after one year of study at the University of Cincinnati Law School, J. L. married Elizabeth Bridge Bailey, who accompanied him to Cincinnati. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mary Helen (Tom) Bondurant, and granddaughter, Olivia; son, Brian Thomas Bailey (Lara) and a granddaughter, Hayden; sister, Eve Odom (John) Harris; sister-in-law, Margaret Ann (Bob) Fagan; and Charlotte (Tom) Patrick; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to practicing with Campbell & Campbell, he also practiced with Stophel Caldwell and Heggie before becoming a solo practitioner in East Ridge. He and Rick Scarborough practiced for many years together in East Ridge.

J. L. enjoyed planning reunions and helped Red Bank and Baylor to contact many class members. He had a gift for bringing people together. He brought many of his family together by planning their reunions.

He had a caring spirit to help others. He was particularly supportive of the First-Centenary United Methodist Church’s Inner City program and Signal Centers, Inc.

Several years ago, J. L. had a severe stroke. At first he was able to live at home and I came to know him when he came to church on a regular basis. After living at home for some time, he was confined to the NHC Nursing Home on Parkwood Road. As a member of the Congregational Care Committee at First-Centenary, I tried to visit J. L. almost every Saturday afternoon. When these visits occurred, I really got to know him as a very human person, a religious person, and a person who cared for others.

He liked to talk of his days at the University of Cincinnati Law School where he had a job in the library. He bragged that he was able to study while working and was paid for it.

He also had frequent comments about Justice Muecke Barker and their families living in the same housing area at Cincinnati.

He had a strong interest in watching Chattanooga become an outstanding city. He was always asking about the changes and was very proud of living in Chattanooga.

On a regular basis, I was privileged to observe J.L.’s concern for his fellow man, his integrity, and his kind and gentle treatment of others.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that James Lloyd Bailey, Jr.’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be filed in the archives of the Chattanooga Bar Association and be enrolled in the Memorial Resolution Book of the Circuit and Chancery Courts of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and that a copy be presented to his family as a token of the esteem and honor in which he has been held, as an expression of our very deep sympathy and our mutual loss.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

William G. Brown

As prepared by Shields Wilson and presented by J. Nelson Irvine

William Gideon Brown was born in 1909 in Rochelle, Georgia, and died August 15, 2010, at his home at Alexian Grove, several months beyond the age of 100. We are not sure why Gideon was first used as a Brown middle name but, counting William Brown, III, Bill’s grandson, there have been five Browns, in succession, with the middle name of Gideon. My research suggests Bill’s great-grandfather was a rather devout man and, shortly before his son was born, he was studying his Bible and in the Book of Judges, he read about Gideon and his tremendous exploits against the enemy and his general toughness, as well as intelligence. Hence, Gideon became the Brown boys’ middle name. At least, that’s my story.

Bill’s birthplace, Rochelle, Georgia, is in Southern Georgia about as far south of Macon as Macon is south of Atlanta. It is a short distance east of Interstate 75 and a short distance west of the Ocmulgee River, in the heart of what was the South Georgia cotton belt.

Bill’s family owned a general merchandise store, Brown Banking Co., a cotton gin, a Ford auto dealership, and all owned farms. From a reliable source, I gleaned that Bill learned to drive a Model T at age nine on the narrow dirt roads, and in his early teens would drive to Macon to get extra cash for his family’s bank which might be expecting a run on check cashing caused by sale of cotton or hogs or other produce of farmers. Bill took a satchel with him and would go to a bigger bank in Macon and get 15 or 20 thousand dollars in cash which was put in the bag. Bill threw the bag with the money in the back seat of his Model T and took off for the Rochelle Bank with not the slightest concern that someone might try to rob him. Such was the honesty and integrity of the South Georgians at that time. Bill otherwise worked in the family bank and store but managed to shun cotton chopping or picking on the farm.

He attended the public schools in Rochelle and was valedictorian of his high school graduating class. Later that summer, he took a train to Atlanta and enrolled at Emory University where, in six years, he received a Bachelor of Arts and LLB degrees, the latter being later changed by the University to a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He was the top honor graduate when he received each degree.

After he received his license to practice law, Bill returned to Rochelle to try his hand at this new vocation. When he appeared in Court to try his first case, the courtroom was so hot the Judge adjourned the Court to a nearby graveyard where there were trees and a bit cooler. Bill then won his first case. After a short career in Rochelle, Bill came to Chattanooga to begin an outstanding career.

Bill joined Thomas, Coffey and Folts which later became Thomas, Folts and Brown. Lavens Thomas was the uncle of Bill’s wife to be, the lovely Elizabeth Thomas. Elizabeth’s father, G. Fred Thomas, was the co-founder of Thomas and Moore, a department store, with Rich Moore. The store later became Loveman’s.

At the outbreak of World War II, Bill applied for and received a commission as Lieutenant (JG) in the U.S. Naval Reserve. After indoctrination, he was sent to a Naval Air Station as Legal Officer, serving at various times as defense attorney, judge advocate and member of a general court.

Upon his return to Chattanooga following the war, he became a member of the firm of Chambliss, Chambliss and Brown. He was active in the Chattanooga Bar Association, serving on its board of governors and as President of the Association.

He was named to serve on the Eastern Division of the Court of Appeals during the illness of one of its members, and served on several occasions as special Chancellor of the Chancery Court of Hamilton County when the regular Chancellor was unable, for some reason, to hear a case.

He was also president of the Estate Planning Council and Judge of the Municipal Court on Lookout Mountain.

In 1958, he left the law practice and became the head of the Trust Department of American National Bank and Trust Company. He became active in the Trust Division of the Tennessee Bankers Association and was elected President. He was named to the Executive Committee of the Trust Division of the American Bankers Association.

Upon retirement from the Trust Department, he was requested to remain as a consultant with the Bank and as co-general counsel with Shields Wilson for the Bank and its holding company. He also served on the Board of Directors and acted as their Secretary. We were together for approximately ten years and, speaking for myself, I never had a more rewarding experience in any relationship in my professional career, nor was I ever associated with a person for whom I had any greater respect, in a professional as well as a moral sense. I learned from Bill that when writing briefs or opinions and you have exhausted a topic, “stop,” even if it only required one paragraph. Bill, Jr. recently told me a story which put in complete focus his habits. Bill wrote a one-page epistle to Bill, Jr. dated five minutes after midnight of the first day of his 100^thbirthday. He explained to his son that he was leaving proof that he had reached 100 years in age and that he wanted the letter to forestall any suggestion from anyone that he was less than 100 years old at his death. Bill actually lived for several more months.

He was an ardent and dedicated member of First-Centenary United Methodist Church, serving in almost every position including chairman of its Administrative Board and chairman of the Board of Trustees for a number years. He was a member of and taught the Foster Martins Mens Class for over 51 years, and was a member of the Ault Pace Setters Class at the time of his death.

He represented the congregation at the Holston Annual Conference for many years and was named by that body as its representative to General and Jurisdictional Conferences for the Church. He served terms first as a member of the General Board of Education of the Church and then as a member of the General Board of Missions.

Bill served as an incorporator of Senior Neighbors and Chairman of the Chattanooga Area Health Study and President of the Metropolitan Counsel for Community Services and President of the Family Service Agency.

He held memberships in the Tennessee, Georgia and American Bar Associations and, while in the practice of law, the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. He served as a member of the board of several local corporations including the American National Bank and SunTrust Bank and as a member of the Board of Trustees of several local foundations.

He was a longtime member of the Mountain City Club and the Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club.

He was married to Elizabeth Thomas, and they had 56 years of beautiful and happy life together at their home on Lookout Mountain. They enjoyed many and frequent travels abroad, especially to Cornwall, the area from which Elizabeth’s grandparents came. She predeceased him after a long illness following a stroke.

He is survived by his children, Nancy Hutcheson and Bill Brown, Jr. (Diane); grandchildren, Beth Webb, Taylor Gifford (Tom), Will Gideon Brown, III (Delin), Lane Brown Taylor (Barrett), Sullivan Brown (Meredith), Lavens Brown, Hazel Bell (Mitchell), Kay Sanford (Kirk), Laura Finch (Mike); great-grandchildren, Frank Bell, Mitchell Bell, Hayden Bell, Taylor Webb, Graeme Webb, Rye Sanford, Ishmael Sanford, Hayes Finch, Lewis Finch, Alex Zoanni, Merrill Lane Brown, Thomas Signar Duke Brown, Hazel Gray Taylor, Acklen Frederika Taylor.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that William Gideon Brown’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

James Lloyd “J.L.” Bailey, Jr.

As prepared by Paul R. Leitner

James Lloyd Bailey, Jr. was born on January 18, 1940, to the late Mrs. Pearl Smith Bailey and James Lloyd Bailey, Sr. He departed this life on February 24, 2010.

J. L. attended Red Bank Elementary and Middle School through the 8^th grade and then transferred to Baylor where he graduated in 1958.

He had a caring spirit to help others. He was particularly supportive of the First-Centenary United Methodist Church’s Inner City program and Signal Centers, Inc.

He liked to talk of his days at the University of Cincinnati Law School where he had a job in the library. He bragged that he was able to study while working and was paid for it.

He also had frequent comments about Justice Muecke Barker and their families living in the same housing area at Cincinnati.

He had a strong interest in watching Chattanooga become an outstanding city. He was always asking about the changes and was very proud of living in Chattanooga.

On a regular basis, I was privileged to observe J.L.’s concern for his fellow man, his integrity, and his kind and gentle treatment of others.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Jack R. Brown

As prepared by Jerry H. Summers

Jack R. Brown was a unique individual. The native of Rhea County was the son of John R. Brown and Laura Cofer Brown. Throughout his life he maintained strong ties to his home county and the northern part of Hamilton County.

After he graduated from the Rhea Central High Class of 1940, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served his country during World War II aboard naval vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He participated in the North African invasion at Casablanca and was commissioned an Ensign and returned to sea duty aboard a Pacific aircraft carrier.

Upon release from active duty, he remained in the active reserve and ultimately attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

He graduated from the University of Chattanooga and University of Tennessee College of Law but soon thereafter received orders to return to active duty on battleships with the Seventh Fleet operating off the Korean coast in the Sea of Japan.

Upon return to civilian life, he engaged in the private practice of law and served as an Assistant District Attorney under Edward E. Davis for eight years during the turbulent years in the Hamilton County legal system following the 1958 elections. I had the privilege of succeeding Jack as a prosecutor in 1966 when he returned to the full-time practice of law.

Jack was a quiet but effective lawyer who always fought hard to represent his clients in both the civil and criminal aspects of his practice.

He served as a Governor of the Chattanooga Bar Association and belonged to several other bar associations, the American Legion, the VFW, the Soddy Lions Club and the North River Sertoma Club.

He was preceded in death by sons David Clark Brown and Jack Mitchell Brown and is survived by his wife, Martha Medley Brown; two daughters, Sherry Jordan of Charlotte, North Carolina; and Laura Bradford of Birmingham, Alabama; three sons, Stephen Brown of Soddy Daisy; James Jordan of Mobile, Alabama; and John Lindsay of Winder, Georgia and twelve grandchildren.

Although ill during his later years, he took the time to memorialize three historical events that altered the course and direction of his life which I have attached as an addendum to this memorial tribute:

1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor

2. Franklin Roosevelt’s death

3. John F. Kennedy’s death

Jack R. Brown lived a full and complete life during his 89 years.

His life was filled with many highs and some lows but those of us who knew him recall he was a loving husband and father, tough but a fair and ethical lawyer, protector and defender of his country and a gentleman who is missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Jack R. Brown’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

REMEMBRANCES

There were three historical events in my life time that altered the course and direction of my life.

PEARL HARBOR

On December 7, 1941, I was 18 months in the US Navy aboard the USS Ranger, an aircraft carrier that was operating in conjunction with the British when the message was received in the radio shack that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor.

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

I was a midshipman living in John Jay Hall at Columbia University, New York City, when I heard by radio that my Commander-In Chief, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, had died at his summer home in Warm Springs, GA.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

I was an Assistant Attorney General advising the Grand Jury in the Hamilton County Court House. We had a break when I stepped across the hall to the AG office where I saw Walter Cronkite announcing the death of our President. I returned to the GJ room where I reported the death of our President. There were shutters, gasps of disbelief and the tears. We had a prayer. It was an eventful moment that I will never forget.

Memorial to

Parker Lynn Carroll

As prepared by Bob Batson

Parker Lynn Carroll was born in Arkansas and grew up in Mississippi. He attended Memphis State University and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee in 1951.

He had an illustrious career in government service with the Army Depot in Memphis, the United States Geological Survey, and retired after serving in an executive managerial position with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas.

Parker, a devoted husband of Louise for 64 years had two children, daughter Patricia Lynn Nail and her husband Bill Nail, and son Parker Craig Carroll; two grandchildren, Heather Elizabeth Aulbert and husband Jon Aulbert, Wesley Parker Nail and wife Angela Nail; and three great-grandchildren, Emma Kaitlyn Nail, Madeline Elizabeth Aulbert and Jamie Lynn Aulbert.

Upon his retirement from NASA, he and Louise came to Chattanooga where he could practice law with some friends from college and be close to Knoxville in order to regularly follow his team, Tennessee Volunteers.

Parker loved his church, The First Baptist Church of Chattanooga and faithfully served many positions, including the Deacon Counsel and taught the Seekers Class for over two decades.

Parker worked with and shared offices with a number of attorneys who recall Parker as “one of the most pleasant people I ever worked with”, “always willing to help others” and “the nicest man I ever worked with”. His relationships with others and the kindness showed to all who came in contact with him should be a goal for all.

Parker is now and will continue to be missed by his family and all who knew him. It is a real pleasure to recall this gracious and loving Southern gentleman for his many years of service to mankind.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Parker Lynn Carroll’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Jac Chambliss

As prepared by T. Maxfield Bahner

Jac Chambliss. Words cannot capture the essence of this man whose imprint on this community has made it much better for each of us who live and work here. He and, indeed, his Chambliss forbearers, have profoundly and positively affected this community.

Born John Alexander Chambliss on October 21, 1910, to John Alexander Chambliss and Margaret Sizer Chambliss, Jac, as he became known by the initials in his name, was the epitome of a Renaissance Man. He was an athlete, a man of letters, and a linguist who had a talent for languages and literature; Latin, Greek and English.

Jac was close to both his grandfathers. James Burnet Sizer was an outstanding attorney at the Bar here. His grandfather Alexander Wilds Chambliss, a lawyer who played large roles in the developing town during the early post-civil war years, was several times mayor of Chattanooga and later Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Jac was educated at home and Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, from which he graduated in 1927. Jac then attended Virginia Military Institute and later Southwestern in Memphis (now known as Rhodes College) before graduating from Cumberland University Law School in 1932 at age 21. Jac's three brothers also attended Webb, as did his son, John.

In 1934 Jac married Bena McVea of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her father, Dr. Charles McVea, Sr., had also attended Webb School. The Headmaster, Sawney Webb, "Old Sawney" to Jac, deeply influenced him. At Webb Jac learned "the discipline of study," and the ideals of integrity, perseverance and self-reliance.

After he graduated from law school Jac joined the family's firm, Sizer, Chambliss & Kefauver in the summer of 1928. He practiced with that firm all of his life except during the Second World War when he served as a gunnery officer in the Navy in the South Pacific.

When Jac came back from the Navy to Chattanooga to take up again the practice of law, he was appalled by the way a political machine dominated the government in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

One of the things of which he was proudest was being a co-founder of the "GI-Citizens Good Government League," which they called the "Googlies." Together with other veterans including Raymond Witt, they began to serve as poll watchers in the dozen or so "controlled wards" where decisive election results were regularly delivered. Fairly quickly they learned how the political powers used patronage, personnel from the city police and fire departments, and money, to achieve the election results the machine wanted. The Googlies worked together to expose the illegal activities which were controlling the city and sought to educate and motivate independent voters to cast votes which would overwhelm the political machine which was financed largely by illegal "numbers racket" gamblers and moonshine bootleggers who literally bought and delivered enough votes to determine outcomes of local elections. At first they came close, but elections were still lost. Eventually, they got enough independent political candidates to run who then won elections and destroyed the machine.

Jac was always a fighter. As a student at Southwestern in Memphis he was a boxer. This sport reflected his fearlessness when it came to confronting great odds as he did again and again in the courtroom.

The fact that the odds were stacked heavily against his clients never deterred Jac from mounting a vigorous case for his client, and he was highly successful. Jac was effective because he took time to learn the law applicable to the client's case, to prepare thoroughly and to try his client's case with verve and imagination.

One reason I think Jac enjoyed trying lawsuits was because it gave him a different way to use his poet's soul to make concise points and bring the twelve jurors into the heart of the case he was making for his client so that they understood. They found that what he said rang true and, to borrow a phrase from Freya Stark in, "Perseus in the Wind," his persuasion was not to convert members of the jury, but spoke "to its own only; and discovered to them the unexpected secrets of their hearts."

Jac loved words. He delighted in the ideas words could express. He had a great talent for speaking and for writing both poetry and prose. Jac contributed many columns to local newspapers and was sought after as a speaker. Jac also played the guitar and banjo well and composed ballads which he would sing to his children and grandchildren.

He was an able artist. He had an artist's eye and appreciation for form and color. He drew well and took wonderful colored slides wherever he traveled in this country and abroad.

Jac served on a number of corporate boards including Richmond Hosiery Mills, Tri State Telecasting Corp., TAG Railway, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Company, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, and Gilman Paint & Varnish Co. He served many years as a trustee of Webb School. He was one of the leaders in founding of St. Barnabas Nursing Home. He served several terms as president of the YMCA.

Jac was an active Episcopalian. For many years he was a Sunday School teacher, a vestryman and lay reader at Church of the Good Shepherd on Lookout Mountain. He found great meaning in the prayers in the prayer book, and committed many to memory. Many times in our conversations about important things he would quote all or fragments of prayers or psalms or poetry.

Jac was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London where he both lectured and chaired lectures.

Three years before his death Jac published two new books. One, "Columns Left: Essays of a 20^thCentury Man" and "Persuasion: Memoirs of a Trial Advocate." In his 99^th year, looking forward to reaching 100, Jac was still full of ideas and plans. Just before he went into the hospital for the surgery which soon took him from our midst he was talking about plans, things he wanted to do. He was an inspiration!

Jack's wife, Bena, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter, Ann Lacambra, married to Jose Marie, his son, John A Chambliss, III, and daughter Betsy Chambliss McLean, eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Jac's gravestone, which he had erected prior to his death, is engraved "Amore Pugnare," which, translated is “to love and to fight."

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Jac Chambliss’ good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Bernard David Cohen

As prepared by Wes Hasden; presented by Eron H. Epstein

Bernard Cohen, known affectionately as Bernie to family, friends and associates, was a man who loved his family, his faith and the law.

Bernard David Cohen was born in 1915 in Huntington, West Virginia, the son of Joseph and Hannah Cohen. He was the seventh born of eight siblings, six girls and two boys. Bernie attended the public schools of his hometown and graduated from Huntington High School at the age of 16. He studied at Marshall College, now Marshall University, in Huntington, then traveled to Kansas for his legal training. He earned his law degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1937, at the age of 22. Finding work at the close of the Depression was difficult, but he found employment as an attorney first with the state of Kansas and then with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the National Youth Administration, a branch of the Depression era’s Works Progress Administration. He then served with the Rural Electrification Administration as a staff attorney, working first in St. Louis, Missouri and later in Washington, D.C.

He left the active practice of law for more than a decade first to take over his ailing father’s business interests in Huntington. He later moved the enterprise to Portsmouth, Ohio, but he never lost his love for the law and the desire to practice of it. He was determined, he told family members, to follow that passion, and did so in 1961 when he moved to Chattanooga and resumed full-time work in the law.

He started his practice in Chattanooga as a solo practitioner in a small office in the Chattanooga Bank Building, and later formed a partnership with Richard Korsakov that endured for years. At the time of his retirement from the active practice of law in his ninth decade, Bernie had served as an attorney for more than 70 years.

Bernie was admitted to practice in Kansas in 1937 and was admitted to practice in Tennessee in 1961. He was licensed to practice before state and federal appeals and supreme courts.

He was a member of the Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Associations, the Chattanooga and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Associations and the American Judicature Society. He was a longtime member of the Commercial Law League and served as chairman of its consumer bankruptcy subcommittee.

He was an active member of Mizpah Congregation, where for many years he regularly chanted the blessings and weekly text from the Book of Prophets in the Hebrew Bible at Saturday morning services. For a full year, Bernie led Sabbath morning services at Mizpah, Chattanooga’s Reform Jewish congregation. He had a life-long interest in education and was particularly active in religious education. He taught eighth grade in Mizpah’s Sunday religious for many years and was a generous contributor and supporter of the Mizpah Library.

Bernie was preceded in death by Thelma H. Cohen, his wife of 46 years; Helen Miles Cohen, his wife of six years; his parents; sisters, Jeanette Lippman, Sadye Segal, Edythe Gross, Fannye Silverman and Rosalie Schechter; and a brother, Charles Cohen.

Survivors include his daughters, Nikki (Wes) Hasden, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., Jeri Debra Cohen, of Signal Mountain; stepsons, John Miles, of Chattanooga, and David Miles, of Seattle, Wash.; granddaughter, Kaysi (Charles) Dixon, of Matthews, N.C.; great-grandsons, Carlisle and Colin Dixon; sister, Margaret (Mickey) Goldenberg, of Huntington, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

Bernie was a devoted father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend to many, including young lawyers who often called just to talk or to seek advice. He shared his knowledge and his joy of the law willingly and generously.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Bernard David Cohen’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Russell Cortez Hinson

As prepared by The Honorable Jacqueline S. Bolton

Russell Cortez Hinson was actually named for the 16^th Century Conquistador Cortez on a suggestion from his aunt. Seems his aunt had been reading a book about Cortez at the time of Russell’s birth and his mother felt it would be an interesting name for a Tennessee farm boy. Russell grew up on the family’s Clay County farm and attended the proverbial two room school house. At Celina High School, he met his sweetheart, Earlyne Reed, to whom he was married for 62 years. They died within three months of each other in 2009.

At Celina High, he had a habit of arguing with teachers when he thought something was wrong, and was encouraged by one of those teachers to be a lawyer. However, World War II interrupted school plans and he spent more than two years fighting with the Marines in Tinian and Okinawa and then in China. Within five years of returning from the war, Russell received not only his undergrad degree from Tennessee Tech but his law degree from Vanderbilt University.

Unable to support a growing family on a solo practitioner’s income, Russell took a job as a claims adjuster for USF & G and eventually was transferred to Chattanooga. He later joined the law firm of Wood and Wheat. In 1963, Governor Frank Clement appointed him to fill an unexpired term as a Hamilton County Sessions Court Judge. In 1968, a third division of Criminal Court was created and Russell ran for that office and trounced his opponent.

Being a judge suited his sense of fairness and justice and his belief in doing what is right. Russell served as Criminal Court Judge for twenty-two years. Though reserved and quiet on the bench, Russell loved meeting people and campaigning for office. He never went anywhere in Chattanooga without running into someone he knew and stopping to chat. He rode every week with the Chattanooga Bike Club for many, many years and knew the words to hundreds of country music songs, which he sang while playing his guitar. He loved the Grand Ole Opry.

His family, his wife and daughter, Marjorie, son-in-law and three grandsons were his first priority. Russell had a very strong sense of family and thoroughly enjoyed family gatherings and visits with his siblings and their extended families. He and Earlyne spent many hours volunteering at his church – Brainerd Church of Christ.

Russell Cortez Hinson passed away December 13, 2009, at the age of 83.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Russell Cortez Hinson’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Jack M. Morrison

As prepared by The Honorable Bob Moon

There are few privileges in life that are as meaningful as being asked by a family to speak on their behalf and to say something public and good about a family member that they dearly love. I want to thank Robert, Scott, Lillian and Jennifer for giving me this privilege today.

Jack Martin Morrison, 69, of Chattanooga, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at his home. He was the son or Robert A. Morrison, Sr. and Dorothy Morrison and has an older brother, Robert A. Morrison, Jr. and a sister, Lillian Hixson. He attended the old Chattanooga High School on Third Street. Jack was a Lieutenant in the United States Army and served in Korea after the war. Jack also has a daughter, Jennifer Morrison of Chattanooga and a son, Scott Morrison, of Ooltewah. He has one granddaughter, Madison Morrison and several nieces and nephews. Jack was a long time resident of Signal Mountain, and a graduate of the University of Chattanooga on August 25, 1961, and received his law degree from the University of Tennessee Law School on June 8, 1973. Jack was formerly associated with the law firm of Hatfield and VanCleave until later formulating his own title-insurance firm.

I asked Jack's brother, Robert, what was his most memorable time with his brother. Robert, was quick to remember that shortly before Jack was informed of an illness that manifested itself to be insurmountable, that Robert promised to buy him a $65,000 house boat if he would lose thirty pounds. Golfing and boating was a character trade mark of Jack and lifelong hobby. Only a few days before his death, Jack brought up Robert's promise of a houseboat. In fact, Jack the Optimist said, "Brother, I have lost thirty pounds, I just might get that houseboat yet."

Attorney Joe Harrison, who partnered with Attorney Joe Wild, are two characters who have left us upon which folklore and laughter were created. Of course, Joe had no idea that the lady that he was dancing with one night just happened to be a juror on a case that Joe was in the middle of litigating. The club was dark, the music soft and of course Joe's eyes were failing him. Even Ray Charles could see that Jack Morrison and Joe Harrison were two "human phenomenons," who like the opilio crabs of the Bering Sea will somehow find each other. And they did, and they become much like the odd couple of the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Clubhouse. In fact when fighting with each other over a divorce case, Jack caught wind that Joe was representing a young man for theft. Jack walked into a full clubhouse one night and took center stage. He told the members, "If Joe Harrison had not been representing an innocent young man today and a real lawyer instead, the young man would not have gotten the gas chamber for stealing a snickers bar." Everyone broke up, the two of them had a little drink and enjoyed each other’s company for a time that was much too short.

Finally, let me share with all of you a brief conversation that I had last week with Jack's son, Scott. For more than a decade before Jack's death, Scott worked with his Dad every day in the title and insurance business that they formulated. I asked Scott what he enjoyed most about his dad. His response was sincere and brief, "enjoying life." Scott said, my father liked to laugh and loved to pull practical jokes with his friends, especially golfers and lawyers, who were always easy targets.” With a big grin, Scott said, “I wish that I could tell you some of them.” I next asked Scott what he believes that he learned the most from his father. He said, "My father taught me to be independent, to laugh and not to take myself too seriously. He was more than just a father, he was a friend and partner."

And so, Jack M. Morrison, need not be idealized in death more than he was in life. He was one of those people who loved his family, worked to improve his community, adored his friends and served his country. What more could be asked of a man than what Jack gave. I am proud to call him friend, to reflect on his memory and remind all of you who knew him and to all of you who did not, that Jack Morrison taught us all how to laugh. We know where Jack is and who is with him.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Jack M. Morrison’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

Memorial to

Albert Lindsley Watson III

As prepared by Sandra J. Bott; presented by The Honorable W. Frank Brown III

Albert Lindsley Watson, III was born September 18, 1946 in McKinney, Texas, the only child of Lindsley and Cecile Watson. He attended the San Marcus Military Academy beginning in the first grade, then the Allen Academy and he graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana in 1964. Al graduated from Tulane University, both as an undergraduate and from the Tulane University Law School.

While attending Tulane, Al met his future wife, Sophie Newcomb student Taylor Manson who hailed from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Al and Taylor married 41 years ago and had two children, Taylor Hart and Lindsley, and they have a grandson, Joseph Smith.

Al and Taylor married and returned to Chattanooga, where Al worked in the trust department of Pioneer Bank for five years before leaving to join Clarence Walker and later Sandi Bott in private practice. Al’s military background carried forward and he served in the U.S. Army, and in the U.S. Army Reserves as a Captain and commanded the 212^th Transportation Company in Chattanooga for eight years. He served on the boards of the Parkridge Nursing Home, Reflection Riding, Lookout Mountain Community Services and became one of the founding fathers of the Anglican Church of the Redeemer. In addition, he volunteered his time as a Mock Trial Judge and coach, even attending his last sessions in a wheelchair. Al was extremely proud of his Texas heritage, his membership in the Sons of the Republic of Texas and his annual sparerib barbecues, to which he referred as the annual “rib off” and which produced the best ribs in town. Some friends were known to schedule their visits to Chattanooga to coincide with the rib off.

Al Watson was the epitome of the “hail fellow, well met.” He never met a stranger and could talk to anybody about any subject. As anyone who knew him could attest, Al had an extraordinary sense of humor and enjoyed being as irreverent on solemn occasions as was socially permissible. Once he attended the funeral of a former client, a retired motorcycle policeman. The decedent’s family had placed a revolving blue light from a police motorcycle on top of the casket. When Al walked in and saw the light, he announced in his best attorney’s voice, “Attention K Mart shoppers!” Of course he and his companion were forced to beat a hasty retreat. At the rehearsal dinner for a friend’s son in front of 85 guests, most of whom were the bride’s relatives, he gave a toast and opined to the groom: “Son, your daddy is a prince and your mother is the Queen of Darkness.” He was able to totally deny why that may have been a tad bit inappropriate, all the while keeping a straight face, claiming truth as an absolute defense.

The most important elements of Al Watson’s life were his wife Taylor, whom he often referred to as a “gift”, their children, their grandchild Joseph, his church and his law practice. He was a good lawyer and enjoyed the interaction with his clients and fellow lawyers, which to him, was the only reason to practice law. He advocated for his indigent clients, or the clients for whom he had been appointed in criminal cases as strenuously as he did for any client who had privately retained him.

Almost every secretary or paralegal who ever worked for Al Watson looked upon him as a kind and generous soul, the kind of person who would genuinely make every effort to help them in their times of personal crisis. As a friend he was loyal and steadfast.

When Al became ill, he never considered giving up and he fought the disease and the attendant physical problems with courage and determination. Al Watson died on January 27, 2011 at the age of 64. In death, he generously donated his body to the U.T. College of Medicine, in order that medical students could come to understand and hopefully defeat the disease which robbed him of long life.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in a special memorial session on this 28th day of March, 2011, that Albert Lindsley Watson’s good deeds and kindness be memorialized through this Resolution, and be adopted by this Association as words of respect, praise and memory.

CHATTANOOGA BAR ASSOCIATION

Ira M. Long, Jr., President

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