In lll'mol'iilm The Arkansas Bar Foundation acknowledges with grateftl appreciation the receipt ofmemorial gifts and scholarship contributions given in memory of the following individuals from March 21, 2001 through June 15, 2001: IN MEMORY OF Bo ADAIR
Judge William R. Wilson, Mark Wilson
and Cathi Compton IN MEMoRY OF MAR1AN EpPERSON
Judge John M. Pittman IN MEMORY OF W.
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HAMILTON
Doyle and Dana Mayton IN MEMORY OF JOHNNiE HOLCOMB
Judith Gray Judge John and Carolyn Pittman IN MEMORY OF JAMES M. MURPHY
Nancy H. Bailey IN MEMORY OF STEVEN RISHER
Hyden, Miron & Foster, PLLe IN MEMORY OF LEONARD Scorr
Judge Ellen Brandey Oscar Fendler
Justice John A. Fogleman Hyden, Miron & Foster, PLLe Edward and Evelyn Penick IN MEMORY OF JAMES B. SHARP
Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section W Christopher Barrier"' Joyce Bobbitr*
Justice John and Annis Fogleman Judith Gray'" Donis B. Hamilton"' Henry & Cullen, LLP' Don Hollingsworth William A. Martin"' Marjorie Niblock Edward and Evelyn Penick Judge John M. Pittman Ann Pyle" Dennis and Jane Shackleford"' David Solomon Judge John and Marietta Stroud"' Barbara Tarkington" Judge Henry Woods Dr. Robert and Judge Susan Wright Paul and Marcella Young • Indicates memorial contribution was designated to the Bogle-Sharp Scholarship endowment, administered by the Arkansas Bar Foundation. IN MEMORY OF BERDICE WARD
Judge William R Wilson and Cathi Compton IN MEMoRY OF BERNARD WHJITSTONE
Justice John A. Fogleman Judith Gray IN MEMORY OF DAVID WILLIAMS, M.D.
Judirh Gray
JAMES BAXTER SHARP James Baxter "Deacon" Sharp. age 80. died at his home in Brinkley on May 29. 200 I. He was the son of the late William Wilson Sharp and the late Carrie Rusher Sharp. He was the senior partner in the law firm of Sharp & Sharp in Brinkley. He served as President of the Arkansas Bar Association in 1971-1972. U. S. District Judge Henry Woods. delivering the eulogy at Sharp's funeral held at the First Baptist Church in Brinkley, said that the life of this Arkansas lawyer had far too many honors and accomplishments to list and that he had probably done more for the Universiry of Arkansas at Fayerreville than any other graduate. While studying at the University he was a member of the Sigma Chi social fraterniry and the Delra Theta Phi legal fraterniry. He graduated from the Law School in 1948. Sharp was a Charter member of the National Development Council of the University and a Founding member of the University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc., serving on its Board for twenty-two years and as its Chairman for six years. He was a long time trustee and chairman of the Jewel Minnis Trust of which the Foundation was the primary beneficiary. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. patrolling off rhe coast of South America in search of German submarines. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict as an officer in the Judge Advocate General 's Corps. Upon discharge with the rank of Captain, he returned ro his beloved Brinkley. Ir was there rhar Sharp devoted much of his rime and effort to the practice of law and the
administration of justice. He was municipal judge of Brinkley from 1956 to 1974, and served as secretary, vice president, and president of the Arkansas Municipal Judges Council. He was a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Council and of the Arkansas and American Bar Foundations. In 1984 he was given the Lawyer-Citizen Award of tbe Arkansas Bar Association. He was a director of the Bank of Brinkley for over 25 years and was chair of the Board of Directors of the Merchants & Planters Bank in C 1arenclon for 20 years. He was President of the Brinkley Industrial Development Co. for 25 years and served as chair of the Brinkley Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee. Under his leadership several major corporations developed manufacturing plants in Brinkley. He was a licensed realtor and insurance agent. He served on the Board of Trustees and was teacher of the men's Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church in Brinkley for over 50 years. In 1998. rhe Brinkley Chamber of Commerce selected him as its Citizen of the Year. In 1948 he married Ann McShane Luckinbill ofFon Smith whom he had mer at the University. They have three children: William Wilson Sharp of Albuquerque. New Mexico; James Baxter Sharp III of Brinkley; and Madeleine Sharp-Smith of Baltimore, Maryland. Sharp is also survived by his sister. Jenny V. Moore of Clarendon and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. "Deacon" Sharp remained an interested and involved member of the Arkansas Bar Association until he became incapacitated by his final illness. He will be remembered as a lawyer with firm opinions who would fighr hard for those causes he believed in. Contemporaries who had differing opinions remained his best friends. He was the true advocate - one who was faithful to his own philosophy and beliefs. bur one who could admit defeat with a smile and accept victory with humiliry. He enjoyed order and decorum. His family and his community came first, but he was generous to many others who were less fortunate. He was one of the best of those whose age and experiences place them in "the greatest generation. "
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