Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-09
THE BAR.
HsstIag Yssierday-RsssialI0ns Upon the
Dsalh Of Chancellor YsFger.

At an adjourned meeting Of the bar,
held yesterday in the Second Chancery
Court Col. W. 7. Avery, on behalf Of the
Committee on Resolutions, reported as
follows:
In the Providence OF Almighty God It
has pleased Him to take from amongst US
one Of u most beloved brethren. In
this sad bereavement, we, the members
of the Memphis bar. desire to express
upon enduring record the profound sense
Of our irrsparable loss.
Edwin M. Yerg9r was born in the town
Of Lebanon, Wilson county, Tennessee,
on the 18th day of January, 1919. When
first entering upon the Threshold Of
hood, he was engaged for a little while as
clerk in the Nashville s~pOstofice. He
had not been there long before the news
Of war came-an Indian war in Florida.
There was a cali tor volunteers, and along
with the ulustriOus Haskell. the lament
ed Mcmahon, and many others long since
gone, he enlisted and served through
that campaign.
Upon coming home at the close of the
war, he entered upon the study Of his
profession, in the office of his elder
brother, at Vicksburg, Mississippi-that
great lawyer and Christian gentleman,
George S. Yerger. Not long after obtain
ing license to practice law, he made Mem
phis his home. OF the luster he shed
upon the profession Of the law, let the
courts unerring records speak. In Ten
nessee and Mississippi, too, the name Of
Yerger has been made illustriOus in the
law. Lawyers they were all-thess giant
brothers. Along with them, and with the
foremost of them, was the q we mourn
When in the meridian splendOr of his
professional power, he was an acknowl-
edged leader of the Memphis bar. But
whilst we, his brethren, feel that a great
light has been blOtted from the ornament
of law, there is a social void which more
nearly touches u hearts. Whilst the
bar has been robbed Of one of its
brightest ornaments, and society de-
prived of n of its greatest citi-
zens, we feel that we havs buried
a brother. There was something about
Edwin NJ. Yergsr hat ever won the affsc-
hons of the heart, as we'll as challenged
the admiration of the mind. With a mas
sive intellect and a sturdy manhood was
likewise mixed the tenderness of woman.
M~alevOIence and malice he could not for
a moment bear to mortal man, Enemies
be had none, for there was naught in him
to provoke enmity. So ~cOnsiderate and
kind was he to the younger members Of
the profession that he forever won their
love. He was the center and the charm
of svery social circle-supremely so te his
intimate associates. Taking him all in all,
with these many and lofty attributes Of
intellectual and social character, he was
one of the most remarkable men this
State has ever produced. In token,
then, of this our bereavement, we desire,
that il be
ResOtUed, That in the dea'h of Chancel-
lor Edwin NJ. Yergsr the bar has been
deprived of one of its most distinguished
members; the bench OF a learned, able
and upright Judge; the State of one of
her foremost citizens, and that from So
cieJy has, been removed q of its most ad-
mired members.
ReSOtUed, That we hereby tender to Lhe
bereaved family Of our beloved brother
u sincere and heartfelt sympathy in
this their sore affection.
ResOiUed, That the Chairman Of this
meeting appoint a member of the bar to
present to each OF the courts Of u city
and county, and to the Federal Court and
the Supreme Court of the State for the
Western Division, a copy of these pro-
ceedings, with a request that they be
spread upon the minutes of the court;
and that b clerks of the same be re-
quested becOmingly to transmit to the
family Of the deceased, under the seal of
the court, a transcript of the record in
this behalf.
ResOlUed, That the Chairman and Sec
rotary of this meeting appropriately con-
vey to the family Of the deceased these
resolutions.
ReSOiUed, That the Secretary be re-
guestsd TO furnish the daily papers with
a copy of these proceedings, with a re-
quest that they be published.
H. G. Smith, T. W. Brown,
W. T. Avery, George CAN'T,
10 a. Beecher, II. s.. Ayres,
ID. X. McR8e, W. Y. q. Hum6s,
NJ. L. Perkins, W. II. Stephens.
The Chairman appointed the following
named gentlemen to present the resOlu-
tiOns TO the different courts: Supreme
Court, Judge T.. W. Brown; Federal
Court, Colonel 7. S. Avrss; First Circuit
Court, Colonel George CAN'T; Second Cir
cult Court, Judge "a, S. Lee; First Chan
Gerry Court, Judge 81. q. Smith; Second
Chancery Court, Governor Isham q. Har-
Criminal Court, General John f. Sale;
Circuit Court, Judge r. r.
County Court, Judge j. NJ. Car
mack; Probate Court, Colonel Moses