In Memoriam
George Emerson Campbell George Emerson Campbell of Little Rock died February 13, 2011, at the age of 78. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He was admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1955, but soon entered the U.S. Navy, serving 18 months aboard the U.S.S. Preston in the Formosa Straits, according to an obituary in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. He remained on active duty in the U.S. Navy from 195559 and following his discharge from active duty remained enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves, retiring as Commander. Upon his return to Arkansas, he clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice George Rose Smith. George joined the Rose Law Firm July 1, 1960, and practiced actively in the areas of real estate, commercial lending and as a municipal bond lawyer. In August 2006, he became “of counsel” to the firm. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and a Sustaining Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. He served as executive director for the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1969-70 and an elected delegate to the Convention of 1979-80. He is survived by daughters Dianne Campbell, Carole Campbell Mange, Martha Chowning Groff; and son Robert Marks Chowning. Richard Hartley “Dick” Wootton Richard Hartley “Dick” Wootton of Hot Springs died April 17, 2011, at the age of 75. He graduated from Western Military Academy in Alton, IL in 1942 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law in 1951. He served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps from 1943-1946, according to an obituary in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. He joined his father’s law firm, Wootton, Land and Matthews in 1952 and enjoyed an extraordinary 58-year long career in the 50
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practice of law. He served for many years as a Bar Examiner for the University of Arkansas School of Law. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association where he served on the Senior Task Force and Juvenile Justice Committee. He was a Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Carol Jones Wootton; sons Hartley and Birkett Wootton.
Bar Foundation. He was a member of the Pulaski County Bar Association and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was a member of the Board of Directors of American Judicature Society. He is survived by his wife, Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Stockley Mitchell; two sons, H. Maurice (Maury) Mitchell Jr. and David Stockley Mitchell; and daughter, Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell.
H. Maurice Mitchell H. Maurice Mitchell of Little Rock died April 2, 2011, at the age of 85. He attended public schools in Little Rock and graduated from Little Rock Senior High School in 1942. He went on to study at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, from 1942-43. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Law School at Washington and Lee University in 1948, and quickly began his long and distinguished professional career, according to an obituary in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. He first served as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service (1948-49), and then joined the Arkansas State Revenue Department as Assistant Attorney (19491951). He was admitted to the state bar in 1949 and entered the private practice of law in Little Rock in 1951. On January 1, 1954, he became a member of the law firm now known as Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association where he received two Golden Gavel awards for his service as Chair of the Legal Services Committee. He served on numerous committees including the Underwriting Committee, Senior Task Force, Membership and Health Law Committee. He was the Outstanding Lawyer Citizen Award from the Arkansas Bar Foundation and Arkansas Bar Association in 1991. He was a Fellow of the Arkansas
John M. Shackleford, Jr. John M. Shackleford, Jr. of El Dorado died February 22, 2011, at the age of 89. He was a graduate of El Dorado High School and the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, according to an article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. He served in the U.S. Army beginning in 1943 with duty in the South Pacific as a captain in the 43rd Infantry Division. Other combat assignments included the invasion of Luzon. Upon his discharge from military service in 1945, he joined his father in the practice of law in El Dorado. In 1958, they were joined by his brother, Dennis Shackleford. The Shackleford Law Firm continues with Brain Ratcliff and Chase Carmichael. He served in the House of Representatives in 1951 and 1953. He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1955, serving until 1963. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association where he served on the Tort Law and Civil Procedure Committees. He was a Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. He was a member of the Union County Bar Association and a Fellow of the American Bar Association. He is survived by a son, John Marshall Shackleford III; daughters, Sheryl Shackleford Wray and Cicile Shackleford Taylor; and brother, Dennis L. Shackleford.