Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-06-10
Charles W. Prettyman.

At the opening here Monday of the June
Term of the Circuit Court for this county
the committee, consisting of Messrs. H.
Maurice Talbot, Robert B. Peter and John
A. Garrett, appointed at recent meeting
OF the Rockville Bar to prepare suitable
resolutions on the death of Charles W.
Prettyman, for many years one of its
prominent members, submitted its report,
as follows
Whereas, God, in His infinite wisdom,
has removed our brother. Charles W. Pretty
man. from this to higher sphere of action,
therefore be it
Resolved that we bow. in humble sub
mission. to the Divine Will, and wish to
perpetuate, as far as we can, the name
and memory of one who occupied. for so
many years. so prominent a position. as a
member of the Montgomery County Bar.
and as~a valued, esteemed and useful
citizen of the county and State.
Our late Brother Prettyman was admit
ted to the Bar in 1879 and thus became the
Oldest practitioner and the conceded leader
of our Bar, and with all of the qualities of
heart and mind which endeared him to all
with whom he came in contact, his unfailing
kindness, fine character and noble Christian
life were and are worthy of emulation by
us all. To know him. as he was, was to
feel that you had made a friend upon
whom you could rely. and the quality and
depth of his friendship were of the char
acter to compel confidence and admiration.
He was absolutely devoted to the cause
and the interests of his clients, and the
unfailing energy and ability with which
he advocated their cause were strong traits
of his sterling character. Faithful, honest
and true to every trust reposed in him, he
exemplified, in the highest degree. the type
of the most perfect personality which our
noble profession requires.
His devotion to his church and his ex-
emplary life leaves to us a memory of
which we may all be proud. but he has
left us, and his name and activities are
but sweet memories.
But the life that he led, when with us,
takes from the grave every fear. Here, in
this world, where life and death are equal
Kings. all of us should be brave enough
as he was, to meet what all must meet.
From the wondrous tree of life the buds
and blossoms fall, with ripened fruit. and
in the common bosom of Mother Earth
patriarchs and babes sleep side by side.
Knowing as we did we have right to
believe that our brothers death was but a
passage out of prison into palace, out
of sea of trouble and pain into haven
of rest, out of crowd of enemies into an
innumerable company of angels, where
God reigns supreme. where there is no
more sickness. no more death, where it is
ever spring and the flowers ever bloom.
/ So that the death of a noble Christian
like our Brother Prettyman is not the
death which our fears picture, and he and
the influence he exerted still live.
Can that man be dead,
Whose Spiritual influence is upon his kind
He lives in Glory. and his speaking dust
Has more of life than half its breathing
moulds."
Following the reading of the resolutions.
eulogies were delivered by Messrs. Talbot.
Peter and Garrett, Thomas Dawson. VIM.
H. Talbot. Bowie F. Waters, Albert M.
Bouic. Frank Higgins. Clifford II. Robert
son, Robert B. Peter, Jr., and Judge Ed
ward c. Peter, after which the resolutions
were ordered spread upon the minutes of
the Court, and as further mark of respect
Court was adjourned for the day.