Gedney Main Howe Jr., 1914 - 1981
GEDNEY MAIN HOWE, JR.
1914 - 1981 THE MAN WE HONOR AND HERE REMEMBER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR, HIS STATE IN TIME OF PEACE. IN THIS HIS BELOVED CHARLESTON, HE WAS THE PREEMINENT TRIAL LAWYER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, YET HIS REACH WAS BROADER THAN THE LAW. WITH HIS WIT AND CHARM HE WAS A LOYAL FRIEND WITH HIS GENUINE COMPASSION HE WAS AN ELOQUENT COUNSELOR. WITH HIS TENACIOUS COURAGE HE WAS A LIFELONG CHAMPION OF EQUAL JUSTICE. WITH THIS GENEROUS HEART, HE MADE US SEEM BETTER THAN WE REALLY ARE AND AS HE DARED ALWAYS TO SEEK THE COMMON GOOD, WE HERE COMMEMORATE THE GENIUS AND QUIET DIGNITY OF A MAN WHO LED US WELL BEYOND OUR DUE PLACED BY THE MANY FRIENDS OF GEDNEY MAIN HOWE JR. AUGUST 1, 2002
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1914 - 1981 THE MAN WE HONOR AND HERE REMEMBER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR, HIS STATE IN TIME OF PEACE. IN THIS HIS BELOVED CHARLESTON, HE WAS THE PREEMINENT TRIAL LAWYER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, YET HIS REACH WAS BROADER THAN THE LAW. WITH HIS WIT AND CHARM HE WAS A LOYAL FRIEND WITH HIS GENUINE COMPASSION HE WAS AN ELOQUENT COUNSELOR. WITH HIS TENACIOUS COURAGE HE WAS A LIFELONG CHAMPION OF EQUAL JUSTICE. WITH THIS GENEROUS HEART, HE MADE US SEEM BETTER THAN WE REALLY ARE AND AS HE DARED ALWAYS TO SEEK THE COMMON GOOD, WE HERE COMMEMORATE THE GENIUS AND QUIET DIGNITY OF A MAN WHO LED US WELL BEYOND OUR DUE PLACED BY THE MANY FRIENDS OF GEDNEY MAIN HOWE JR. AUGUST 1, 2002
Submitted by @lampbane
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