On February 3, 1875, the Dallas Bar Association met during court recess to pass a resolution of condolence for the death of Colonel H.H. Sneed, a fellow bar member, beginning a tradition of memorials that continues to the present day. The lawyers resolved that each member of the bar would wear “the usual badge of memory” (presumably a black armband) for thirty days.
Since that time Dallas Bar Association through its Memorial and History Committee has maintained this tradition of preserving the life and legacy of its members.
The Memorial Resolutions are adopted by the membership at the Dallas Bar Association Annual Meeting on the first Friday in November.
The Memorial Resolutions are given to the families of all deceased Dallas Bar members. Below please find a list of those Dallas Bar members who have passed away recently. A copy of the Memorial Resolution sent to their family may be viewed by clicking the name.
Memorial Resolutions
HONORABLE HAROLD CALVIN ABRAMSON
July 18, 2009
LOIS CAROLYN BACON
October 5, 2009
HON. JAMES A. BAKER
June 23, 2008
MICHAEL ANTHONY BARRAGAN
April 24, 2011
NORMA LEA BEASLEY
March 29, 2012
WILLIAM RICHARD "DICK" BERNAYS
February 7, 2012
JOHN CRAMER BIGGERS
February 1, 2012
ROBERT LOUIS BLUMENTHAL
April 13, 2011
FREDERICK M. BARON
October 31, 2008
MICHAEL C. BARRETT
January 11, 2009
JAMES HOWELL BAUMGARTNER, JR.
October 18, 2012
WEBBER BEALL, JR.
August 10, 2012
MICHAEL STEVEN BECKER
December 30, 2009
HON. THEODORA L. BEDARD
January 10, 2011
CLARENCE BENTLEY
August 30, 2012
NATHAN ALEXANDER BICKLEY
October 7, 2008
STEPHEN LOURENS BOWMAN
November 14, 2008
DAVID H. BRUNE
January 13, 2007
HON. JERRY LYNN BUCHMEYER
September 21, 2009
STEVEN KNIGHT COCHRAN
May 27, 2011
JOHN W. COLLINS
August 14, 2011
WILLIAM F. COURTNEY
December 8, 2008
SIDNEY HAMILTON DAVIS, JR.
October 26, 2009
HON. KENNETH C. DIPPEL
June 19, 2007
WILLIAM CLARENCE DOWDY, JR.
December 24, 2012
EDWARD JUNIUS DRAKE
November 25, 2011
RON EDMONSON
October 15, 2008
SAMUEL "SAM" FERRO
September 26, 2010
THOMAS L. FIEDLER
June 19, 2012
SAMUEL T. FOUTZ
October 7, 2008
THOMAS FREYTAG
February 15, 2012
FLOYD LEE FISHER
September 7, 2012
HON. MATHEWS GARLAND
September 18, 2008
CHARLES O'NEILL GALVIN
January 27, 2011
ELIZABETH ANN GILDAY
2010
REUBEN M. GINSBERG
September 9, 2008
ARTHUR S. GOLDBERG
July 7, 2008
HON. KAREN J. GREENE
April 26, 2007
ROBERT ALLEN GWINN, SR.
January 17, 2013
ERNEST LEROY HALLMAN, JR.
June 27, 2012
HON. FRED HARLESS
March 14, 2007
WILLIAM D. HARRIS
January 21, 2009
HON. MERRILL L. HARTMAN
October 15, 2010
RICHARD DEAN HAWN, JR.
November 22, 2010
ROSS HUGON HEMPHILL
July 28, 2007
ANGELA KARI HITES
July 7, 2010
HON. LEONARD HOFFMAN, JR.
May 26, 2009
JOHN FOX HOLT, II
September 12, 2008
RICHARD M. HULL
February 20, 2009
LINDA FAYE JENKINS
October 15, 2011
CHARLES ROBERT (CHARLEY) JOHNSON
April 13, 2011
SHANNON JONES, JR.
February 12, 2009
TIMOTHY EDWARD KELLEY
April 22, 2008
DAVID SPENCER KIDDER
August 25, 2007
JOHN PRICE KOONS
February 9, 2010
JAMES JOSEPH LANEY
January 26, 2009
ERNEST ALLEN LAUN
December 12, 2009
JAMES HOWARD LENNON, SR.
December 20, 2009
LESTER A. LEVY
June 7, 2012
JACK M. LITTLE
December 2, 2009
DAVID ALLEN MACDONALD
August 4, 2008
MARK GARY MAGILOW
March 12, 2009
CHARLES SIDNEY MCCLAIN
October 12, 2012
WILLIAM ALLEN MCKENZIE
April 18, 2010
JOHN MCCORMACK
October 19, 2012
EDWIN DONALD MCNEES
May 13, 2012
WAYNE ANDREW MELTON
December 17, 2012
KIM DENISE WILLIAMSON MERCIER
January 9, 2011
FRED M. MISKO, JR.
September 4, 2007
CHERYL MILKES JEROME MOORE
April 13, 2010
ELBERT M. MORROW, SR.
January 24, 2009
ROMINA MULLOY LEVINE
November 12, 2009
H. LOUIS NICHOLS
April 25, 2010
WILBUR EDMUND (ED) NOTESTINE
July 24, 2010
MICHAEL A. O'NEIL
August 13, 2009
JOHN DOUGLAS OWSEN
November 18, 2008
SAMUEL MORRIS PASSMAN
January 21, 2009
ROBERT B. PAYNE
April 4, 2009
K. MARK PISTORIUS
June 28, 2007
HAROLD A. POLLMAN
July 22, 2012
LOUISE BALLERSTEDT RAGGIO
January 23, 2011
TREVOR WILLIAM REES-JONES
October 26, 2009
SPENCER CONE RELYEA, III
November 20, 2010
JANET F. RESETAR
April 11, 2011
HON. BAREFOOT SANDERS
September 22, 2008
HON. ROLLAND TERRY SCALES
December 9, 2009
HON. WILLIAM H. SHEEHAN
January 12, 2009
MARVIN S. SLOMAN
July 24, 2008
BRYAN F. SMITH
May 8, 2007
NITA KARL OTT HARMON SMITH
October 6, 2008
CHERYL BRIANA SNYDER
September 21, 2009
CHARLES PORTER “CHUCK” STOREY
July 15, 2008
HARRY P. STUTH, JR
December 29, 2011
LAWRENCE RUSSELL TAYLOR, JR
August 6, 2009
RICHARD LANIER THOMAS
April 11, 2009
HON. MARK STENSON TOLLE
September 16, 2007
ALAN MICHAEL UTAY
December 13, 2010
ELDON RAYMOND VAUGHAN
October 17, 2011
HAROLD HENSON “HAL WALKER, JR.
April 4, 2007
HARRY KENDALL WASOFF, JR.
September 19, 2012
HELEN WILEY WATKINS
October 24, 2008
THOMAS L. WHEELER, JR.
September 3, 2012
DAVID J. WHITE
August 4, 2010
CHARLES JOHN WINIKATES
January 20, 2012
EDWARD B. WINN
March 11, 2007
