IN MEMORIAM
He was also a member of the American Bar Association and the Pulaski County Bar Association, a former instructor at the Arkansas Law School and a former board member of the Country Club of little Rock and the Family Service Agency. McGehee was a member of the United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday School for more than 30 years, and a former member of its Board of Stewards. Survivors are his wife, Mary Stewart Schmeisser McGehee, of Little Rock, and two sons, Ahner "Chip" McGehee, III. of Redondo Beach, California, and Stewart B. McGehee, of Little Rock.
James Wesley Atkins Abner McGehee, Jr. Ahner McGehee, Jr., aged 61. of Little Rock, died Sunday, November 23, 1986. Born at Kaufman, Texas, a son of Judge Abner McGehee, Sr., and Margie Ellis McGehee, he was the grandson of Benjamin McGehee, a founder of the city of McGehee, Arkansas. McGehee participated in the Normandy invasion and was a decoding expert assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division in Germany during World War II. On May 7, 1945, he received and decoded the message of Germany's unconditional surrender in the European Theater to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Soviet High Command. He attended Little Rock High School and graduated from St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his law degree from Vanderbilt in 1951. McGehee was a 28-year member of the Arkansas Bar Association and served in its House of Delegates and on its Professional Ethics and Grievances Committee.
James Wesley Atkins, aged 39, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, February 10, 1987. Atkins was a former assistant state attorney general and former Baxter County deputy prosecuting attorney. He was president of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and had been a real estate agent with Gilbert Realty. Atkins was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville School of Law and a member of the Arkansas Bar Association since 1972. He served on its Professional Litigation, Real Estate Law and Pre-paid Legal Services Committees and was a member of the Baxter County Bar Association. Atkins was a former member of the board of directors of the Ozark Community Center, a Rotarian and a member of the First Baptist Church where he sang in the Adult Choir. Survivors are his wife, Susan
Sturdivant Atkins, of Mountain Home; a son, James Matthew Atkins, of Mountain Home; two daughters, Jennifer Leigh Atkins and Melissa Ann Atkins, both of Mountain Home; his mother, Phoebe Atkins of Mountain Home; and, a
sister, Priscilla C. White of Sherwood.
Judge Gene Bradley Judge Gene Bradley, aged 77, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, November 18, 1986. Judge Bradley was a retired chancellor and probate judge for the 12th Judicial District. He was born on October 8, 1909, in Kennett, Missouri, the son of John Henderson Bradley, a former appellate judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals in Springfield and former commissioner with the Missouri Supreme Court. After graduating from Jonesboro College in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 1932, Judge Bradley enrolled in the Cumberland School of Law in Lebonon, Tennessee. He graduated in 1933 and was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1934 and to the Bar of the State of Missouri in 1958. Judge Bradley practiced law in Blytheville until he was elected chancellor and probate judge for the 12th Chancery Circuit in 1960. He retired in 1980 after serving 2D years on the bench. Prior to his retirement, Judge Bradley was elected president of the Arkansas Judicial Council. He was a member of the American Legion and a veteran of World War II. While in the United States Army during World War II, Judge Bradley commanded an Army hospital near England. During that tour of duty, he narrowly survived a near miss by a German V-2 that destroyed his building. Judge Bradley was a 3D-year member of the Arkansas Bar Association and served in 1980-81 as the Arkansas Judicial Council representative to the Association. Survivors are his wife, Joyce Myers Bradley, of Blytheville; a son, John H. Bradley, of Blytheville; a daughter, Milly Ann Burkett, of EI Paso, Texas; a sister, Alletha Nobel, of Kennett, Missouri; and five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. 0 April 1987/Arkansas Lawyer/67