Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-04
JUDGE HAzELWOOD
CALLED BY DEATH
SUNDAY forenoon

Judge Rol,rri RosScr Hardwood. Is
rasSed away sunday forcnoon at hi,
residence. SGT Tyler street. In the pres
tnce OF his family. after an illness IT
several weeks. Funeral services wer,
I'D Monday afternoon NJ 4 O'Clock In
the First Christian Church. Rev. Roy
rutherford. pastor. occiciating. assisted
by judge J. W. Crudgington. a former
law partner. Burial vas In I-lano GENE.
terry.
Born Aarch >. 1857. on the plsniation
81 his larcnts. Charles and Susan
Cooper Hardwood. five miles from
Roanoke. Virginia. Judge Hardwood.
as child. attended the public schools
OF his home community. corning when
sbout eighteen years u age. to Texas.
Graduating from the hien school NJ
laris Texas he taught IN the public
schools IN Lamar and adjoining coun.
ties. studying law In the meantime.
In 1852 Judge Hazelwod was licensed
a. practice law. whi,h profession he
entered actively AZ Cooper, Texas.
where he oirncd his first Office. While
resident of Cooper hc was elected to
the state legislature and served the
people Of the district for two terms.
From Cooper. Judge Hardwood
MOVED 10 Henrietta. sssociating him.
self In the practice Of law with "
H. fiemons and James Templeton. Al
this point. as at Cooper. he drew
around him q large clientele. II was IN
1857 that he removed TO sherman. be.
coming n member OF the well known
law firm Of Smith a Hazelwocd. Ills
partner In this firm was Cecil Smith.
and an extensive practice was built UP
IN 10th the civil and criminal courts.
Coming To Amarillo In 1897. Judge
hnrslwcod entered partnership with
judge J. w. Crudgingfon. After the
dissolution Of this partnership. Judge
Hardwood continued actively in the
rraetice until the state q his health
rendered II Impossible
beginning with his practice ~ law.
Judge Hazelwood took a keen lpterest
IN measures relating themselves 10 the
general good of the people He was a
prominent figure In the state l.Eisla
ture and after coming 10 Amarillo h.
vas the first lawyer in the city 10 sug.
gest that n Court ~ clvn Appeals
should he established In Amarillo. lie
worked To the end 81 the establishment
Of the court. coopcraiing with the at.
icrneys of the city and section.
Another enterprise of which he was
Justly proud was the establishment 81
the Commission Of Appeals. through
which The burden OF the higher courts
r. greatly reduced. Even though con.
fined 10 his he'd BY wha, NJ that time
hardwood dictated letters 60 the gov.
srnor and prominent members Of the
iegislatur. on this matter.
Judge Hardwood Il survived by his
wife. formerly Miss Edna Bryan %
Franklin. Kentucky: a daughter. Miss
Edna Hardwood; Robert r. Hardwood
jr.. W e. Hardwood. mayor II Cooper.
end Roy C. Hardwood. druggis; q
Wolfe city. lie II also survived by one
sister. Mrs. Laura Quarcis. Roanoke.
Virginia.
a member NJ the southern preshyte.
tan Church. which organization had no
local congregation fur many years
Judge Hazelw"pd has worshlpcd with
his family AZ the First Christian
Church. HI was member Il the
wnodmen Of the World and 4 the
Eiks
Pallaearcrs we're: chsrics q. Wolflin.
Joe l.. Pops. sam y. Mo,l0w John u.
Tro'inger. Alex ~. Mod ana Charles
A. Fisk.