Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-04
Meeting of the BAR Association.

A meeting OF the Roanoke Bar asso-
citation was held yesterday morning
in the Hastings court room to receive
the reports of the committees ap-
pointed to attend the funeral of the
iamented Henry Gibson, Esq, and to
draft suitable resolutions concerning
his death.
Mr.. j. Allen Watts, presided over
the meeting as chairman. MIR. Thos.
w. Miller reported to the meeting the
action of the committee appointed to
attend the funeral of Mr. Gibson, a
full account OF which was published
at the tlmein the Richmond and Roa-
noke papers.
Colonel John L. Penn, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, read the
report OF the committee, and presented
the following preamble and resolu-
tions which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, in the dispensation of an
Allwise Providence, MIR. Henry Glib
son, n member Of this bar association,
has been called to his final account,
and
Whereas, it seems meet and proper
that we should in suitable manner
recognize his sterling worth while
living, and our loss in his death,
therefore, he it
Resolved, by the members OF the
bar OF the courts of Roanoke City,
That we deeply deplore the nnex-
pected death of our deceased brother
Mr.. Gibson is the first of our mem
bers who, since the organization of
the courts of this city, has been re-
leased from the struggles by tina icy
hand of death. He came to this city
several years ago and bravely cast his
lot with this paople, and with un-
swerving devotion to the duties Of his
chosen profession, relied upon no for
tuitous circumstance to win success,
but rather relied on the better pur-
pose to deserve it; he labored with
unremitting care and diligence to fit
himself for the responsible and exact
ing life of counsellor and advocate.
Ambitious to succeed, he bent his ener-
yies TO the arduous task, but he never
forgot that the profession which he
had chosen was one in which perma-
lent usefulness could best be
attained ny preserving intact
that honorable dealing in all
his relations with his own clients
and also his adversaries, which is,
and has ever been the distinguishing
mark of those who have rendered
the profession honorable among men
and illustrious in history. Mr. Glib
sons natural endowments were of a
high order, and his attachments as
an advocate have been rarely sur
passed by one OF his age. Further
Resolved, That these resolutions, by
permission of the Judge, be spread
pom the order book of the Hastings
court, and that copies be sent to the
widow of Mr.. Gibson and to his
parents, with the assurance that they
have our profound sympathy in their
sad bereavement.
Colonel Penn, in presenting the re-
solutions, paid handsome tribute to
the memory of Mr.. Gibson. He was
followed by Major Samuel Griffin, Mr..
Archer L. Payne, the law partner OF
Mr.. Gibson. Mr.. j. William Boyd, MIR.
Row b. Smith and Judge Samuel G.
Williams, all of whom made feeling
and appropriate remarks, showing the
high esteem and affection in which Mr..
Gibson was held by the bar Maj or
Griffin WAS appointed to present the
resolutions adopted to the Circuit
court at its next term, and request
that they be likewise spread Upon Its
minutes. The association then adj
n ,rned