Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-12
bar PAYS TRIBUTE
TO JUDGE BURNAM

The Richmond bar of which he
been distinguished and honored
member for half a century, held
memorial services for Judge A.
r. Burnam Thursday afternoon.
Hon. w. B. Smith, the nestor of
the bar, was chairman of the
meeting, and E. S. Wiggins, Sec
retary.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Again we are assembled as mem
bers of the Richmond Bar to express
our, deepest sympathy and keenest
realization of the loss to this COM
munity and Bar occasioned by the
removal from our midst to the Great
Reyond Of one Of our oldest ard most
highly esteemed members, Judge A.
r. Burnam.
He was born in Richmond, KY, on
Oct. 10, 1916, endowed with the herit-
age of being the descendant of an
ancestry distinguished for it's indus
try, public spirit, and faithful, honest,
capable service wherever duty called,
whether it be in County, State or Ma
tion; and of this heritage he had
never during his long, active life been
found unworthy.
He obtained his education at the
"Old Madison Male Seminary" De-
paw University, and U. S. Military
Academy at West Point, from the
latter of which institutions he re-
signed at the close of his second year
for the purpose of studying law in
the office of his father, the late Curtis
F. Burnam; and at the age of % he
obtained his license to practice law,
which marked the beginning of a
public career of which this Bar and
Madison county, the chosen place of
his lifelong home, may ever be just
ly proud. His success in both private
business and public life has been
rather singularly conspicuous for the
reason that it has been achieved
while making the place of his birth
his home during his entire life, thus
affording a manifestation of the con-
fidence and trust reposed in him by
those having the longest and best op-
portunity for a period of fifty years,
to detect any weaknesses OF integrity
or ability, a circumstance which his
tory does not show to have been at
tendant in the majority of cases of
those men who have attained equal
preferment and achievements.
He always, realizing the response
bility of a true citizen, entertained a
sincere, active interest in national
and state policies of government,
and was particularly alive to the
vital interests of Kentucky, being
ever ready to serve her to fulfil those
needs. Thus it was in the prosecu-
tion of that high purpose, when a
lawmakers as member of the Legis-
lature, that the lent so assiduously,
his untiring efforts toward the i'm
provement Of the facilities and stand
ard of education in Kentucky to the
great qualification of his immediate
constituency and benefit of the en-
tire state. But not only was he a
law-maker. By reason of his
thoroughly equipped mind, resulting
from constant and energetic appli-
cation to the study of his chosen pro-
fession, he came to be ranked among
the most able lawyers of his state in
his construction and practicable ap-
plication of the law; and by his many
years of successful practice at this
bar has, in great measure, assisted
in placing the Richmond Bar in the
position of eminence for which it has
been, during many years noted
throughout our state. In 1896 he
was elected member of the Appellate
Court of Kentucky, later becoming
Chief Justice. His record while a
member of that Court was noteworthy
because of his carefully and impair
TALLY considered opinions, and ele-
vated him to one of the first posi-
tions on the roll of Kentucky's
Judiciary. Be it therefore,
Resolved, That we, in common with
the whole community, have suffered
the loss of one of it's most progressive
and public spirited citizens whose life
has been characterized by frugality,
industry and integrity, and faithful,
aggressive and able performance OF
oil public and private duties entrusted
to him, and whose counsel, influence,
and effort have constituted source
of benefit to all his fellow citizens,
and worthy exampe to be followed
by those succeeding him. And
Resolved, That we as lawyers
regret his DEATH. as it
marks the loss of another one of
those distinguished in the profession,
who have contributed so largely, in
the past and early history of Madi-
son county, to the dignity and dis
of this Bar. And be it
further
Resolved that our heart felt SYM
pathies are extended to those bereav-
ed ones to whom he has always been
such a kind, dutiful and loving hus-
band, father and brother And be it
further
Resolved, That a copy of these
be spread at large upon
the records of the Madison Circuit
Court, a copy mailed to the Clerk of
the Court Of Appeals of Kentucky to
be recorded in the records of that
court, copy sent to his family, and
a copy furnished to each of the Rich
mond newspapers for publication.
w. B. SMITH
DION