The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-14
Tribute
of Respect

ant to my duty 90 the dead !
should I not add my feeble
tribute 90 the memory of the
splendid character of Joseph G. /
Maynor, who died at Corbin,
Ky, on November 25th, 1910.
Having had an intimate ac-
Quaintance with him for more
than twenty years, and at one
time associated with him as his
law partner. had ample oppor-
tunitv 10 observe his many
noble traits of character. Few
men possess so many and IN
such splendid proportion as did
Joe MavnOr. His steadfast faith
in all that was good and pure
and holy; his high ideal of
honor; his rugged honesty; his
firm adherence 10 duty; his
unbounded charity and love for
his fellOwman: his cheerful,
sunny disposition; his clean.
sober, moral wholesome life.
and the absolute sincerity of
his convictions, was an insplra
tion TO his friends. and will be
held sacred 20 his memory as
long a. the heart and mind can
know that which is good and
pure and beautiful.
Added TO this magnificent
character a broad fund of COM
mon sense. tireless energy and
the lamp-light work of the
student, and you have a lawyer
to be trusted by his clients and
feared by his opponents. Such
was Joe Mavnor.
Losing his father at an early
age. ne was the sole support Cf
his widowed mother, who still
survives him. He worked I'm
the tobacco field 60 get his first
money This he invested IN a
mercantile venture, W h h
proved unsuccessful and left
him heavily handicapped with
debt. But he paid every cent
of this Indebtedness, paying the
: last of it after he had com
menced the practice Of law.
Leaving his native home al
I Rocky Mount, in Franklin
county. he came 20 Glad,
Spring, where he was emplOyeC
by NJ NJ. Morris as salesman fol
agricultural implements auC
= saw mill machinery. In this
> work he travelled all over South
west Virginia, and became
universally popular whereve
he was known. In 1890 h.
engaged in the real estat
business at Big Stone Gap, an,
: after the boom collapsed, com
> menced 20 read law. when il
y the early part of 1892 he obtain
: e his license aud began tn
= practice as junior member @
y the firm of Duncan, Mathew
= and Maynor. This partnershi
lasted until 1895, when he wa
- appointed claim agent for th
= Louisville * Nashville Railroa
- CO., and removed TO COrbir
., Ky. where he remained unit
- his death, and where he enjOye
g a large and lucrative practici
- Something over a year ago hi
y health failed and he went I
-, Old Mexico IN the hope {
a Improvement. Not receivin
- the expected relief, he returne
=. to Rocky Mount, where he wa
-, stricken with severe IL
, ness, but from which he su
ficiently recovered to retuI
to Corbin in the latter pa
of the summer. But he W;
stricken with that dread,
= malady, Brights Disease. +
n was we'll aware that his da,
were numbered, but this gri
fact could not dim his cheerf
- spirit. He took up the burd'
IS of life again, but too soon hs
on to lay it aside, for his Mast
OF called him 10 his eternal rest.
o., He was a most Jealous maso
I'm He was charter member
Is Big Stone Gap Lodge No. 2C
ny and was a member at the tiT
or OF his death. He was exalt
lp- to the Most Sublime degree
Royal Arch Mason in Stevens
IN r. A. Chapter No. 10, at b
'se Stone Gap, and was made
'ai Knight Templar in Johns
Is Commandery No. IA, at Brist
30 Va. He retained his memb'