In Memoriam Emory Law mourns the passing of the following alumni, whose deaths were reported to the school since the date of our last publication.
and Elizabeth Reynolds Moye 72C 78G 83G; one granddaughter; a greatgrandson; and two nieces.
40s John W. Smith 41L of Macon, Ga., on Sept. 24
Charles A Moye Jr. 43L of Atlanta died on July 26. The oldest sitting judge on the Northern District bench in Georgia, he was 92. Appointed to the federal bench by President Nixon in 1970, Moye presided over more than 4,000 cases in nearly 40 years on the federal bench. He remained active on the bench, hearing and ruling cases until he was hospitalized shortly before his death. Prior to his appointment, Moye worked as an attorney in New York and Atlanta with Gambrell & White, now Smith, Gambrell & Russell. Active in politics, he ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia Senate in 1952 and the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954. Among his first cases as a federal judge, was the 1971 complaint in which he granted an injunction to an in-town neighborhood association fighting to stop construction of a proposed interstate highway through Morningside, VirginiaHighland, Poncey-Highland and Lenox Park. In 1985, Moye halted the federal deportation of Cuban refugees who had entered the United States as part of the 1980 Mariel boatlift. His ruling was later overturned on appeal. “Judge Moye was a mentor to his law clerks,” Richard P. Kessler Jr. 71L says. “He was a man of honor, who loved his family. He was true to the oath that he took when he became a lawyer, and he was truce to the oath that he took when he became a judge.” Survivors include wife, Sarah Ellen Johnson Moye; daughter, Lucy Ellen Moye; a son and daughter-inlaw, H. Allen Moye 70C
Warner S. Currie 49L, founding partner of Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, died Sept. 28. Born in Meridian, Miss., in 1920, Currie attended Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Mississippi. His education was interrupted by service during World War II with the U.S. Army. He served with the 99th Infantry Division as a field artillery forward observer and received the Bronze Star. Following active duty, Currie returned to Atlanta to pursue an LLB at Emory University. He was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1949. In 1965, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers was formed. Currie consistently set a pattern of integrity and professionalism for others in the firm. He practiced in the areas of general liability, products liability litigation and labor relations law. Currie was a member of the Atlanta and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Georgia, Defense Attorneys of Georgia, the Defense Research Institute, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Insurance Section of the American Bar Association and the Insurance and Labor Sections of the Atlanta Bar Association. He was a frequent lecturer at tort and labor seminars across the country and, in 1991, he was named acting director of the LLM in litigation at Emory Law. He was an arbiter in the U.S. District Court of Georgia, Middle District and had been an arbiter in Fulton County Superior Court. Currie was active in community affairs. He was a longtime member of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce, the Atlanta Music Festival Association, Brookfield West Golf Club, Phi Delta Theta social fraternity and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Survivors include wife, Nanelle Currie; daughter Nan Currie; son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Laura Currie; sister, Rachel Martin; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
50s Henry C. Allen Jr. 50L of Winston-Salem, N.C., on June 12
Harold Nelson Hill Jr. 57L of Atlanta died on July 5. A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Hill was 80. Prior to attending Emory Law, Hill served two years in the Army. He graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University and was the first honor graduate of Emory Law in 1957. He was in private practice for several years before joining the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, where he rose to become the chief executive assistant attorney general. He was appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court in 1975. He served as chief justice of the court from 1982 until his retirement in 1986. He returned to private practice, also serving as a mediator and arbitrator until he retired. Following his retirement, he wrote the book, A History of the Supreme Court of Georgia 1946 –1996. He is preceded in death by a son, Ward Nelson Hill. Survivors include his wife, Jane Fell Hill; son Douglas A. Hill; daughter, Nancy P. Mills; brother and sister-in-law, Robert G. and Becky Hill; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. George William Wiese 58C 58L of Ellenwood, Ga., on July 4 Frank William Scroggins 59L of Atlanta on Aug. 12
John L. Williams Jr. 59L of Sandy Springs on Sept. 10
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Mary Dozier Pallotta 61L of Atlanta on May 15
Marshall H. Barkin 59B 62L of Daytona Beach, Fla., on Aug. 12 Denzil Y. Causey Jr. 58B 63L of Starkville, Miss., on Aug. 3 Catherine Ellis Miles 63L of Tampa, Fla., on May 21 W. Fred Orr II 63C 65L of Decatur, Ga., on May 4
Center, Atlanta Botanical Garden and Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, as well as many other civic organizations. Survivors include daughter, Katherine Alice Deimling; son and daughter-in-law, John Jay Deimling and Lani Deimling; a brother and sister-in-law, Henry Hall Ware III 62L and Mary Ware; three grandsons; and four nieces.
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Oliver D. Peters 71L of Decatur, Ga., on June 26, 2009
Frank H. Loomis 67L of Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 18, 2009
Carl Alexander Puls Jr. 71L of Atlanta on Aug. 17, 2009
Michael Lesesne Sellers 67L of Atlanta on April 24
Max H. Lauten 76L of Baltimore on May 28
Margaret Ware Deimling 68L of Atlanta, died on May 18. She was 78. After graduating from Emory Law, Deimling worked in the Trust Department of the Trust Co. of Georgia. She later became a law assistant for the Supreme Court of Georgia and then staff attorney for the Georgia Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1995. During her time with the Court of Appeals, she devised and set up a system to screen and expedite dismissal of cases that were filed incorrectly and were unqualified for judicial review on the merits of appeal. Her system proved so successful that, after she retired, the court hired seven attorneys to staff the system, which also was adopted by the Georgia Supreme Court. Deimling served as president of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers from 1974 to 1975. She was an elder and trustee for Covenant Presbyterian Church and sang in the choir. She also was a member of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Fernbank Museum, Atlanta History
Eloise Williamson Newhard 77L of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Aug. 20
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Steven A. Westby 80L of Atlanta on June 3 Robert W. Kiefer 81L of Charleston, W.Va., on July 8
Clinton Raymond Fitts 86L of Amarillo, Texas, on April 10
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Dan Lee Bragg 04L of Grand Rapids, Mich., on July 29 CORRECTION In the spring 2010 issue of Emory Lawyer, we mistakenly announced the death of S. Gaye Reese Moody 80L. We are pleased to report that Moody is alive and appreciate her understanding.
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