The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-08-02
Mayo Cabell.

At n meeting Of the Wise
County Bar Associ. lion. held
July is, 1915, at tho Court
House of Wise County, Vir-
ginia:
The President, Mr.. E. NJ. Full
ton called the meetin. to order
me Secretary, Mr.. Wade NJ.
Miles, acted as such.
The President stated that the
death of Mayo Cabell, one of
the attorneys and counsellors
OF this Bar, and beloved mem
Der of this Association had oc.
cured since the last meeting of
the Association; that proper
memorials of respect to his
memory, and resolutions of
sympathy for his bereaved
family were in order.
Thereupon,. the Committees
heretofore appointed, consist.
ing OF Mr.. j. w. Chalkley and
MIR. a. X. Morrison, presented
the following memorial and
resolutions, which were read to
the meeting:
a proper appreciation of the
lie and character of Mayo
Cabeli, whose denth brought
sorrow to the members of this
Bar, in but justice to his good
name and memory, and the last
possible tribute from this Bar
OF the respect and high esteem
IN which his memory is held.
Comparatively few in years,
the brief span of his entire pro.
iessionnl career, was spent in
Wise County, and yet brief as
was this span of life, it was
sufficient to exemplify the well
SAID truth that Life il lived
III deeds well done and not
years spent The high sense
OF duty actuating his life was
the dominant characteristic of
the man. lmbued with this
ideal, 1T was but natural that
his activities i'll every field
were accomplished in Il manner
both thorough and complete.
by his genial friendliness and
never failing courtesy he made
many friends who were never
lost to him, for his unswerving
loyalty to high ideals, lofty
aspirations, and the obligations
of duty are the strongest ties
which bind mau to man.
| To those who knew him most
Intimately, in his home, rs n
neighbor and friend, his life
left nothing to be desired. No
man was more tenderly dcvot
ed to his family and home, or
was Il better and more sympa.
thetic neighbor, or n more loyal
and true friend.
AS citizen he contributed
freely and without stint of his
labor, abilities and resources
to the moral life and civic well
fare of his adopted home.
In the field Of his profession
he was best known and most
highly esteemed. Here his high
sense of duty to the courts of
law; his regard for the ethics
of his profession, his abilities
and learning were known aud
more fully appreciated. To the
best traditions sof the Bar, he
contributed his full share, and
this share will be known and
reconnted in days to come. AS
an adversary ut trial his abili.
ties and learning were highly
respected, and his conduct of
cases admired; in the ardor of
argument, and in the stress of
hard fought cases, those in
herent traits of courtesy
and consideration, which
characterized the man, were
never forgotten or laid aside.
For several terms of office he
served the Town of Big Stone
Gap as it's official attorney
Many laborious duties, some
unpleasant and improbable,
were required of him, and he
gave to these duties the same
enthusiasm, tireless energy and
laborious effort that marked
his work in other pleasant and
more profitable fields.
| Az Referee in Bankruptcy
and as d judicial officer of the
Government, his careful con-