Reports

For a number of years, it has been our Bar's tradition to honor the memory of members of the Bar who have died during the year. When the family desires, a memorial ceremony is conducted for a deceased member at a special session of the Superior Court, presided over by one of our resident superior court judges (or occasionally a district court judge), and attended by the deceased member's family and friends, the president of the Bar, a co-chair of the Memorials Committee and other members of the Bar.

On behalf of the Memorials Committee, a designated member of the Bar prepares and presents at this memorial ceremony a special resolution commemorating the life and services of the deceased member which becomes a permanent record in the minutes of the Court. The Court also invites friends and colleagues to make informal remarks or to share recollections about the deceased member which often results in moving memories and tributes. The Court is subsequently adjourned in memory of the deceased member.

The MCB has placed the memorial resolution documents on www.MeckBar.org for the public to view.  In 2011, the MCB collected all documented memorial resolutions dated back to 1942 and bound them together in a set of books. More recently, the family and presenter are now given an audio CD of the memorial service.

During the past year, proceedings have been conducted for the following deceased members of our Bar:

Deceased Member	Memorial Proceeding	Resolution Presenter	Presiding Judge
Robert G. Sanders	June 2, 2011	Samuel M. Millette	Hon. H. William Constangy
Randall W. Lee	June 9, 2011	H. David Powell	Hon. Richard D. Boner
George Fitzgerald	July 21, 2011	Chad Smith	Hon. Yvonne Mims Evans
Solomon Levine	August 25, 2011	Eric D. & Miles S. Levine	Hon. Eric L. Levinson
Marshall Basinger	September 22, 2011	Gaston H. Gage	Hon. Richard D. Boner
Judge Resa L. Harris	October 27, 2011	L. Stanley Brown	Hon. Richard D. Boner
William Van Allen	November 10, 2011	W.B. Hawfield Jr.	Hon. Richard D. Boner
Gary Chamblee	November 17, 2011	Cornelius W. Coghill III	Hon. F. Lane Williamson
Charles Elderkin	December 8, 2011	Raymond O. Linker Jr.	Hon. Richard D. Boner
Patrick V. Ford	February 9, 2012	Keith M. Stroud	Hon. Lisa C. Bell
James R. Lovett	February 23, 2012	Charles Morgan	Hon. Yvonne Mims Evans
David Simpson	May 11, 2012	Dean A. Warren	Hon. W. Robert Bell
Eugene C. Hicks	June 28, 2012	Rick D. Lail & Tate K. Sterrett	Hon. Eric L. Levinson

The Committee extends special thanks and appreciation to the judges who presided on these occasions, to those members of the Bar who have prepared and presented the resolutions, to the Bar members and family and friends who have attended these memorial proceedings and to Linda Brooks who has handled the various arrangements necessary to the continuing of this fine tradition of the Bar.