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11 Miss. Law. 1 (1964)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0011 and id is 1 raw text is: The MISSISSIPPI LAWYER Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar JANUARY, 1964 NUMBER 1 Squire Albert S. Bozeman, Nation's eldest Lawyer, Marks 100th Birthday Practicing In Meridian Chief Justice McGehee Retires fl Chief Justice Harvey McGehee Holds Plaque Presented by Bar Chief Justice Harvey McGehee, of the Mississippi Supreme Court was presented with handsome plaque by the Miss. State Bar at ceremonies held in his honor. The presentation of the plaque was made at the Court's regular session, with Hon. Ed Currie of Hattiesburg, president of the Bar, describing the 76-year-old Chief Jus- tice as a great jurist, a great man, a man of character; a man not only of intellect and ability, but a man of great courage. Chief Justice McGehee, a past president of the National Conference of Sta'tde Chief Justices, retired from the high. tribunal on Jan. 6. In presenting the plaque Mr. Currie 4aid only one other man served as long ori the bench or as chief justice. Only latIzs- tice Sydney Smith served intre than thef' 26 years spent by McGehee on the High Court and longer than his 15 years as Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Percy Lee, who succeeds to the post of chief justice read a letter signed by all other Justices as follows: Your dedication to the law and to the.. alliliistration of justice has l)('( con- sistent and unglagging over the years. All of us have observed your energy, industry and conscientious devotion to duty. Your ability to grasp the law and evi- dence, and present them to your associates without notes or memoranda has never ceased to be a marvel to us. Your work and its results in opinions which have gone into books meet the highest standards of lawyer and judge. Back of all this work and effort there is in your heart a consuming passion for justice. and resolute purpose to insure that each litigant shall have a fair trial and a square deal under the law and evidence. --cJudge McGehee is a native of Franklin County andserved as a county prosecuting attorney, state senator, chancery judge and circuit judg'e before he was named to the Supreme Court bench by former Gov. Hugh White in 1937 to succeed the late Justice W. H. Cook. He is married to the fo;rmer Miss Willie Belle Brinson of Law- renco .Countt and has three children. C6ov. Ross Barnett and Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson attended the ceremony, as did Mrs. MeGehee. Judge M c G e h e e said, obviously tout d- It is with a degree of sadness . I't 'take my leave from you. I.ong-tiou' Supreur'e.oort Clerk Toin Q. 1les pres'nied a volume of letters from friends and colleagi' s to the Chief Justice Judge' Neville Patterson tf Monticello will succeed Judge MeGehee. Squire Albert S. Bozeman, Sr., the nation's oldest practicing a t t o r n e y, was honored on his 100th birthday at a party by several hundred of his friends. The celebration was held in the First Baptist Church of Meridian where Bozeman has been a member since 1879. After hearing tributes from Gov. Ross Barnett and Sen. John C. Stennis, Bozeman told those gathered: I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. The very fact that you are here tonight makes this a happy occasion for me. Then the Squire told several j o k e s which had the group in stitches. Then, in a more serious tone, he said: I have a child-like faith in God. I believe what the Bible says just because it says so. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, in his deity, death and resurrection. I hope you all believe it. Gov. Barnett said the world would be better if there were more men like Boze- man. Judge Bozeman is one of the most re- markable, unselfish men I have ever known. if we had more men like him, who at all nio try to help someone, we would have a better world in which to live. (Continued on page 2) VOLUME 11

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