Gedney Main Howe Jr., 1914 - 1981
GEDNEY MAIN HOWE, JR.
1914 - 1981
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
Submitted by @lampbane