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T. JAMES JOSEPH HAVERTY, Knight of St. Greg- S ory, was noted as a business leader, an outstand ing factor in the promotion of cultural movements, and one of the most influential of Georgians in civic move ments for the upbuilding of his community, his state and the South. But in no capacity was he better known than as a Catholic lay leader. As a business leader, his interests made him a first citizen in a score of cities from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. His name ranked in the first bracket of those whose enterprise was responsible for the accelera tion of the South’s determination to realize on her God given resources. No result of his financial success gave him more pleasure than the ability it accorded him to assist Catholic activities. The Catholic note was particularly emphasized in his last will and testa ment. Perhaps no individual in the South and few in the nation have done more for the development of culture than Mr. Haverty. His art treasures in his home in Atlanta are considered the best of any private collec tion in the South. He did more than any other person to establish ‘the High Museum of Art and to make Atlanta an art center of the South. And no in terest in art interested him more than the religious field; none was emphasized more by him in his lectures. Mr. Haverty was a native of Atlanta and a lifelong resident of the city and state, which he loved with a deep devotion. His love for his community and for Georgia was never more impressively demonstrated than through the work he did for Georgia through the Catho lic Laymen’s Association in its efforts to remove the devastating blight of intolerance from the state. Mr. Haverty was not merely a generous contributor to the work of the Laymen’s Association. He served as chairman of its finance committee for twenty years. He never missed a convention or a committee meet ing. He was available at all times for local meetings and other activities. No request for his assistance and for his services was ever denied. Perhaps no city in the United States had a more Catholic-minded and Catholic-hearted and Catholic actioned trio than Mr. Haverty, Colonel Jack J. Spald inng, K. S. G. K. M., and J. Carroll Payne. K. S. G. Mr. Haverty was the last of the illustrious trio called to his reward. None outside their own family will miss him and them as much as the Catholic Laymen’s Asso ciation of Georgia. A loving husband and father, a devoted parishioner, a self-sacrificing citizen, a loyal son of the Diocese, Sir James J. Haverty was indeed, as his Bishop described him, a father to the orphans of the Diocese, a loyal and humble Catholic. May the great good he did live after him. May God comfort his sorrowing family, and grant eternal rest to his noble soul.
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Monroe Bulletin
Monroe, Georgia, US
Sat, Oct 28, 1939
Page 21
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