IN MEMORIAM Nicholas Alexander of Little Rock died July 9, 2016, at the age of 27. Nick was an attorney at Kutak Rock LLP in Little Rock. He was a member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Arkansas Bar Association. Robert Gilbert “Bob” Brockmann of Fayetteville died September 9, 2016, at the age of 87. Before moving to Fayetteville in September of 2015, he was a long-time resident of Little Rock and Maumelle. He received a B.S. in Business Administration in 1950 from the University of Arkansas. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1963, where he was a member of the Law Review and graduated first in his class. Upon graduation from law school, Bob joined Gene Moore’s practice in Harrison, later known as Moore and Brockmann. In 1968, he became a member of the faculty at the U of A School of Law. He also served as chief attorney for the Arkansas Department of Revenue and retired as a Federal Administrative Law Judge hearing Social Security matters. John Cameron Burnett of Atkins died September 30, 2016, at the age of 63. He graduated from Atkins High School in 1971. After graduating from Arkansas Tech University he attended the University of Arkansas School of Law. He served in several roles for his community over the course of his life, most recently as a Public Defender for Johnson County. He also previously served as Atkins City Judge, Chairman of the Benton County Election Commission and on the quorum court, as well as an Arkansas delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
Judge Larry W. Chandler of Magnolia died July 12, 2016, at the age of 73. Judge Chandler obtained his bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College and his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He moved to Magnolia in 1969 and entered private law practice. Chandler was a longtime Magnolia attorney and circuit judge in the 13th Judicial District. In 2001, he began serving at the Columbia County Adult Drug Court Judge, and in 2002 he began serving at the Columbia County Juvenile Drug Court Judge. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association. Robert “Bob” L. Depper, Jr., of El Dorado died August 24, 2016, at the age of 63. Bob attended high school in Wood River, Illinois, graduating in 1970. He subsequently attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on an R.O.T.C .scholarship. Following college he served four years in the United States Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He began his career in the law in 1978, attending the University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Following graduation in 1981, he joined the law firm of his late father-in-law, James V. Spencer Jr., in El Dorado, Arkansas. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association where he served on the Debtor/Creditor Law Committee and the Indigent Representation Committee. He was a Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. John F. Stroud III, of Texarkansa died September 4, 2016, at the age of 54. He graduated from Arkansas High School in 1980. He earned a BA in History from Hendrix College in 1984, but spent a year studying at the University of Arkansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1989. He was a member of Delta Theta Phi
legal fraternity. He was thereafter admitted to practice law in all courts in the states of Arkansas and Texas. Following law school John moved to Washington, D.C., the city of his birth, where he worked as a General Attorney in the Office of Review and Appeals at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His passion for protecting the disadvantaged continued when he returned to his hometown of Texarkana to start his own law practice. John engaged in the general practice of law and also worked as a part-time public defender in Miller County, Ark. John cared deeply about his clients and worked tirelessly on their behalf throughout his career. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association. Winfred Allen “Win” Trafford of Pine Bluff, died September 14, 2016, at the age of 76. He received his pre-law at LRU, UAM, and the U of A at Fayetteville. He graduated from Arkansas Law School, and was licensed to practice law on May 17, 1972. In 1973 and 1974 he was a part-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson, Lincoln, and Desha counties, while practicing law full-time. He was a past president of the Jefferson County Bar Association. He was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association where he served on the Insurance Committee for many years. He also served as chair of the Member Benefits Committee and served on the Social Security Law and Specialization Committees. He was a Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. He was appointed by the Arkansas Supreme Court to serve on its Professional Conduct Committee, and served as chairman of this committee for many years. He was on active duty with the U.S. Army from June until December 1963, and served in the United States Army Reserve, the 431st Civil Affairs Division, on the LRU campus. The information contained herein is provided by the members’ obituaries. Editor’s Note: The photo of Elton A. “Bubba” Rieves, III that appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of this magazine was the photo of him that was included in the newspaper printing of his obituary but was not his photo.
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