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I ! R‘port of Committee Appointed I '■ ■ to Draft Resolutions Relative I ! to the Death of Hon. Andrew ~ H, Joyce. r State of North Carolina,Stokes county.In the Superior Court, I -Spring term, 1911.lt; To Honorable Henry P. Lane,I Judge Present and Presiding : j WHEREAS, on the 20th day 1 ] of March, 1911, in the wise “ Providence of Almighty Cod, death claimed Honorable Andrew I Hamilton Joyc?, who for sixty-e. four years was an honored mem-■jber of the Danbury bar; and, whereas, at a meeting of the bar held at the Court House in Danbury, N. C., on the first day of Apr; 1,1914, presided overby jour Honor, the undersigned y were appointed a committee to draft suitable resolutions respecting the death of Mr. Joyce, s:and to report the same to this M Court on Tuesday of the second | day of th:s term, and in pur-stance of their appointment,- i they mort n spectfully submit rj the fob .ving :M V. IIEREAS, in the Providence *of Almighty Cod, it was His ^ | will, on the 22nd day of March,119It, to call from our midst ! Honorable Andrew II. Joyce, i who forty-four years was an,1 able and honored member of the 1! bar: and, whereas, in the death t of Mr. Joyce, we re slice that! f the profession has lost an able j and honored member, the family I . and relatives a kind, loving and I i affectionate husband and father, J0 and the State and county a good and useful citizen :t Now, therefore, be it resolved;I.That we, and the people of the State, deplore the death of Mr.1 Joyce, and Teel that in his death the profession has lost an ablef and honored member, the State j and county a good and useful I cuizen, and his relatives and . j friends a kind, loving and affec-. j tionate husband, father, relative , [and friend, a man without , I guile, a citizen without enemies,. . and the friend of all who came . to him in need.II.r| He was an able and conscientious lawyer, and a man who discharged every private and public duty with fidelity and courage. He was public spirited, and gave to his county and State his best services. He represented Stokes county in the Constitutional Conventions of 1S61, 1865 and , 1866. He was twice elected . solicitor of his district and held 1 other public offices of trust. r As a public officer he was true to every trust confided by the)3 people, and knew no man in the discharge of the duties of his office.rj Bittern ss and tnmity held no [ place in his honest, noble heart.J | He loved his people and home 1 j nestled in the rock-ribbed mountains which looked down upon him in his daily toil as he delved by day, and slept by night.For twenty years next preceding his death he was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church cf Danbury, and was one of the charter members thereof,
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Danbury Reporter
Danbury, North Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 08, 1914
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