In MClllori;.ml Unive rsity of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a degree in busi ness and ea rned hi s juris doctorate degree from rhe University of Arkansas School of Law. H e played footbal l at the University of Arbnsas in 1959. 1960 and 1961. Garren is survived by three sons; tWO daughters; and eight grandchildren.
J UDGE HARRy
LEE
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J R.
Judge H arry Lee Po nd er. Jr.• a lifelong res ident of Walnut Ridge. died February 2. 2006 at the age of94. The grandson of Col. Willis Mil es Po nder. founder of Walnut Ridge. Judge Ponder began practi ci ng law in WaJnut Ridge in 1934. Po nder se rved as muni cipal judge 15 years and se rved fo r three tcrms as prosecuting attorney, reti ring in 1998. Judge Ponder ea rned his juris doctorate degree from the Un ivers ity of Arkansas School of Law. H e was a longlime member of the Arkansas Bar Associatio n and served on the Insurance Law Commictee, Pre-Law Adviso rs Committee, and Membership Co nllnittee. H e was an o rigi nal member of the State Board of Hi gher Education, a mem ber of me Lawrence Coun ty Library Boa rd. and president of the C hamber of Co mm erce. " Law was his li fe. H e love, loved it," said his daughter Marianne Snapp of Wal nur Ridge in the Arkansas Democrat-Gautte. " I remember as a young girl me firsr tim e I saw him in the courtroom. I was just amazed. " Judge Po nder is survived by a daughter. Marianne Ponder Snapp of Walnut Ridge; a so n, Harry Lee Ponder III of Washin gcon, D.C; five grandchildren. eight great-grandchildren and one great-grear-gra nd child.
EDWARD SCRJMSHIRE
Edwa rd Scrimshire of Malvern died February 10. 2006 at the age of 63. H e anended Ouachita Baptist Un iversity o n a fomball scholarship and he graduated from rhe University of Arkansas School of Law. Scrimshire was a longtime member of the Arkansas Bar Association and practiced law for 33 years. He was a depu ty prosecutor for J 2 years and served as circui( judge at Rock port and prosecuting anorney at Friendship. He was a vetera n of rh e U.S. Ma rin e Co rps and a member of the Fi rst 50 TIle Arkansas la\-'Ycr
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J AY NOBLE TOLLEY
Jay Noble Tolley of Fayetteville died Feb ruary 13. 2006. He was 62. He earned his juris doccorate degree from the Universiry of Arkansas School of Law and practi ced law in Fayetteville for 33 years. After law school , he worked for the office of the U.S. Attorney General and served as junior law clerk fo r Federal Distri ct Court Judge J. Smith Henley. He practiced with the firm of C rouch, Blair, Cypert and Waters and also served for eight years as an adm inistrative law judge for the Arkansas Wo rkers' Compensation Co mmiss ion. He reemered private practice in 1987 and was pract.icing as senior parmer of Tolley and Brooks, PA at the time of his death. H e was a member of me Arkansas Bar Association. Tolley is survived by his wife of over 18 years. Evelyn Elizabeth Brooks; his six chil dren; his mother and one sister.
WILLIAM STEPHEN
CRAIN
W illiam Stephen Crain of Hope died February 18. 2006. He was 66. He graduated from rhe University of Arkansas at Fayeneville wirh a degree in busin ess ad ministration and ea rn ed his juris docto rate degree from th e University of Arkan sas School of Law in 1965 . Crain was a member of the Arkansas Bar Associatio n and was licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Ten nessee. H e practi ced law with his grandfather, Seeh Atkins, in Hope until he wenr to wo rk at me Hale and Fogleman Law Firm in West Memphis. C rain then went to work for Dobbs House Inc. until he moved to Mountain H ome where he was City Attorney from J 976 to 1978. C rain was practicing law in orth Li ttle Rock from the early 1980s until the time of his dea th. He is survived by rwo children; five gra ndchildren and twO brothers.
GEORGE L. TAYlOR George L. Taylor of EI Dorado died March 5. 2006 at the age of 55. Taylo r was a member of rhe Arkansas Bar
Association where he se rved on th e Juvenil e Justi ce and Lawye rs Hel ping Lawyers Co mmittees. H e was also a member of the Union County Bar Associatio n. He served as president of So uth Arkansas You th Services and as a deaco n of rhe First Christian C hurch. Taylor is survived by his wife. Cecile Shackl eford Taylor; a so n, William C layto n Taylor II ; and a daughter. Claud ia Elizabeth Taylo r.
J AMES MADISON
BARKER, J R.
James Madiso n Barker. Jr. of H amburg died December 26. 2005. H e was 77. Barker graduated fro m Louisiana Tech University in Rusto n, LA in J 952 after se rving in the United States Navy. He earned hi s juris docm rate degree from the Univers ity of Arkan sas School of Law in 1960. Followin g graduat.ion. Barker moved his fumi ly moved to H amburg where he entered the pri va te practice of law and lived fo r the remainder of his life. " During his legal ca ree r, Barker helped his cl ients with legal iss ues of almost eve ry type imaginable. and was a lo ng-time advisor and co nfidante ( 0 several area businessm e n and a memo r ro younge r lawyers." according to an obituary in the Arka.nsas Democrat-Gautte. H e served as Ci ty Anomey of H amburg and as counsel ro rhe sta te on child supporr enforcement matrers in Ash ley Co un ty. Barker was a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and the First United Methodist C hurch of H amburg. where he was active in the Men's Bible C lass and United M ethodist M en. Barker is surv ived by his wife, M ary Moye rs Barker; twO children; and four grandchildren.
EUZABETH CLARK
Eli zabeth C lark of Lirtie Rock died January 8. 2006. She was 99. She was a longtime member of th e Arkansas Bar Association and a member of rhe Universiry of Arkansas Agriculture Service a[ Lonoke Co un ty. She is survived by two sisters.