Memory Hold the Door

Established by the Bar and the law school faculty in 1958, Memory Hold the Door honors deceased lawyers and judges who provided distinguished service to the public and the Bar. For each person memorialized, a contribution is made to a law school endowment. Now totaling more than $537,000, the endowments promote the welfare of the legal profession by funding student scholarships, lectures, research and academic programs. Those remembered represent an honor roll of the legal profession and exemplify the qualities of integrity, professionalism and skill required of the bench and Bar.

2008-2009 Chair:
Robert J. Thomas
P.O. Box 100200
Columbia, SC 29202-3200
(803) 227-2035
Fax: (803) 343-7017
bthomas@rtt-law.com

Staff contact:
Tara Smith
tsmith@scbar.org
(803) 799-6653, ext. 146

 

Past Honorees
Click here to visit the USC School of Law's Memory Hold the Door Roll of Inductees, which includes biographical and obituary information for each inductee.

A

Robert Aldrich (1844-1911)
James C. Anders (1941-2004)
Martin Frederick Ansel (1850-1945)
Walter Harold Arnold (1907-1998)
William Thomas Aycock (1868-1928)

B

Robert Edgar Babb (1872-1951)
Frank Herndon Bailey (1902-1986)
Ralph Bailey (1927-2003)
Gordon Badger Baker (1906-1973)
Rudolph Counts Barnes, Sr. (1917-1995)
Nathaniel Berners Barnwell (1877-1950)
Howard Carlisle Bean (1923-2000)
Randall Theron Bell (1945-1994)
George Duncan Bellinger (1856-1910)
George Duncan Bellinger, Jr. (1888-1963)
Duncan Clinch Heyward Belser (1918-1994)
Irvine Furman Belser (1889-1969)
James Edwin Belser, (1883-1962)
William Gordon Belser (1875-1961)
Christie Benet (1879-1951)
Jean Galloway Bissell (1936-1990)
Shuler Augustus Black (1901-1970)
Solomon Blatt (1895-1986)
Edgeworth Montague Blythe (1872-1945)
Horace Leland Bomar, Jr. (1912-1994)
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (1854-1943)
Thomas McCullough Boulware (1883-1953)
C. Benjamin Bowen (1927-2005)
William Clarence Boyd, Jr. (1904-1975)
James William Bradford (1914-1998)
James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr. (1910-1993)
Wilburn Brewer, Jr. (1939-2003)
Clarence Alvin Brown (1940-1978)
Edgar Allen Brown (1888-1975)
John Calvin Bruton (1907-1969)
Gustavus Werber Bryan (1914-1990)
Eugene Bryant (1902-1969)
Thomas Braxton Bryant, Jr. (1905-1983)
George Lamb Buist (1888-1967)
Henry Buist (1895-1977)
Alfred Franklin Burgess (1906-1992)
Howard Lamar Burns (1914-1996)
Henry Busbee (1892-1987)
Thomas Patrick Bussey (1905-1981)
Thomas Bothwell Butler (1903-1972)
James Francis Byrnes (1879-1972)

C

Thomas Pinckney Lowndes Cain (1901-1953)
Tolliver Cleveland Callison (1884-1966)
F. William Cappelmann (1888-1958)
Robert Reid Carpenter (1929-2001)
John Wainwright Chappell (1940-1980)
Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson, Jr. (1911-1995)
Ernest Ford Cochran (1865-1934)
Alvin Atwell Coleman, Jr. (1930-1995)
George Franklin Coleman, Jr. (1918-2002)
Carol Connor (1950-2004)
Wallace Darlington Connor, Jr. (1916-1995)
Edwin Haselden Cooper (1907-1993)
Paul Anderson Cooper, (1889-1956)
John Ignatius Cosgrove (1888-1948)
Thomas Perrin Cothran (1857-1934)
Fred D. Cox, Jr. (1922-2000)
John Wolff Crews (1890-1962)
Henry Hayne Crum (1914-2000)

D

J. Bratton Davis (1917-2004)
John Kershaw deLoach (1900-1984)
Edward Colgate Dennis, Sr. (1872-1955)
Edward Colgate Dennis, Jr. (1910-1993)
Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992)
George Louis Dial (1900-1983)
Moultrie Dwight Douglas (1901-1980)
Grafton Geddes Dowling (1915-2001)
Joab Mauldin Dowling, Sr. (1917-1992)
Ralph Wilbur Drake (1911-2002)
James Franklin Dreher (1910-1972)
Alfred Edmundston Dufour (1927-1992)
Charlton DuRant (1874-1953)

E

Henry Harman Edens (1909-1990)
John Edward Edens (1896-1963)
Samuel Henry Edmunds (1901-1968)
William Craig Ehrhardt (1909-1986)
Charles Bell Elliott (1885-1970)
William Elliott (1872-1943)
William Talley Elliott (1903-1961)
Frank Eppes (1922-2002)
Harry L. Erckmann (1878-1963)
Victor S. Evans, Jr. (1934 - 2005)

F

Fred Randolph Fanning, Jr. (1915-1995)
Claudius Cyprian Featherstone (1864-1945)
Robert McCormick Figg, Jr. (1901-1991)
Kirkman Finlay, Jr. (1936-1993)
David Edward Finley (1861-1917)
William Gist Finley (1895-1969)
The Honorable Sidney T. Floyd (1929 - 2005)
James Claude Fort (1892-1980)
Paul Juan Foster, Jr. (1928-1999)
Richard Joseph Foster (1915-1998)
James Nelson Frierson (1874-1960)
James Monroe Fulmer (1912-1971)

G

Wilburn Carrol Gable, Jr. (1930-1978)
George Williams Gage (1856-1921)
Robert Stone Galloway, Jr. (1928-1997)
Ernest Gary (1857-1914)
Eugene Blackburn Gary (1858-1926)
Frank Boyd Gary (1860-1922)
Frank Boyd Gary, Jr. (1900-1971)
Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951)
David Aiken Gaston (1903-1988)
Henry Taylor Gaud (1909-1993)
John Thomas Gentry (1924-1991)
Charles Haskell Gibbs (1915-1993)
John Lyles Glenn (1892-1938)
Terrell Lyles Glenn, Sr. (1930-1993)
I. M. Goldberg (1933-1979)
William Crosland Goldberg (1917-1972)
Clinton Tompkins Graydon (1890-1962)
George Benjamin Greene (1878-1957)
George Tillman Gregory, Jr. (1921-2001)
Ned Gregory (1903-1986)
Lawrence Marion Gressette (1902-1984)
Frank Barron Grier (1869-1933)
Frank Barron Grier, Jr. (1907-1971)
Eugene Cannon Griffith (1936-1990)
Jefferson Davis Griffith (1889-1973)
Steve Campbell Griffith (1898-1972)
George E. Grimball, Jr. (1923-2004)
John Grimball (1914-1991)
William Heyward Grimball (1886-1964)
William Heyward Grimball (1917-1999)
Theodore Bogert Guerard (1930-1997)

H

Benjamin Adger Hagood (1866-1928)
George D. Haimbaugh Jr. (1916-2005)
James Henry Hammond (1885-1970)
Abram Lindsay Hardee (1893-1969)
William Ross Hare (1934-1980)
Rogers Edward Harrell (1905-1978)
William Brantley Harvey, Sr. (1893-1981)
Falcon B. Hawkins (1927-2005)
Billy Drennan Hayes (1920-2002)
Clement Furman Haynsworth (1885-1953)
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1911-1989)
Harry J. Haynsworth (1859-1941)
John McLure Hemphill (1887-1952)
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (1915-1983)
Daniel Sullivan Henderson (1849-1921)
Edward Henry Henderson (1886-1959)
Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968)
Robert Beverley Herbert (1879-1974)
Robert Beverley Herbert, Jr. (1916-1977)
Raymond Braddy Hildebrand (1904-1954)
Benjamin Deland Hodges (1887-1937)
Edward Pegues Hodges (1897-1954)
James Neville Holcombe (1902-1983)
Donald H. Holland (1928-2003)
Robert Meyer Hollings (1915-1999)
Alexander Baron Holmes, III (1905-1991)
Charlton Bowen Horger (1914-1997)
Ernest Joseph Howard (1930-2000)
Arthur G. Howe (1927-2004)
Gedney Main Howe, Jr. (1914-1981)
Louis Peyton Howell (1932-1998)
Peter Dewitt Hyman, Sr. (1927-1999)

J

George Coggin James, Sr. (1927-1999)
Richard Manning Jefferies (1889-1964)
William Eldridge Jenkinson, Jr. (1912-1991)
Henry Caldwell Jennings (1891-1978)
Benjamin O. Johnson (1905-1976)
Edwin Wallace Johnson, Jr. (1904-1979)
Harvey Williams Johnson (1899-1972)
Joseph Travis Johnson (1858-1919)

K

Coleman Karesh (1903-1977)
John Davis Kerr (1903-1964)
Robert Lawton Kilgo, Sr. (1917-1992)
Henry Wesley Kirkland (1923-2002)
Herman Grady Kirven (1925-1994)
Robert Edward Kneece (1933-2000)
Charles Wilson Knowlton (1923-1990)

L

Edward W. Laney, III (1930 - 1980)
Thomas O. Lawton Jr. (1924-2005)
Dennis Bryan Leatherwood (1896-1989)
George Davis Levy (1883-1972)
James Woodrow Lewis (1912-1999)
Lanneau Durant Lide (1876-1953)
Dr. Harry M. Lightsey, Jr. (1931 - 2006)
Harry McKinley Lightsey (1901-1986)
Hubert Eugene Long (1921-2000)
O. Langdon Long (1891-1971)
Isadore Edward Lourie (1932-2003)
James Lyle Love (1891-1972)
Alva Moore Lumpkin (1886-1941)
John Henderson Lumpkin (1916-1999)
Joseph Berry Sloan Lyles (1885-1963)
M

Angus Hamilton Macaulay (1893-1964)
Alfred Cleo Mann (1889-1956); also inducted 1975
Alfred Cleo Mann (1889-1956); also inducted 1961
Major General T. Eston Marchant, Jr. (1920 - 2006)
Andrew Burnet Marion (1919-1995)
William Francis Marion (1923-1995)
J. Robert Martin, Jr. (1909-1984)
Calhoun Allen Mays (1884-1967)
Clarke Wardlaw McCants (1885-1950)
John Betts McCutcheon, Sr. (1915-1997)
Heyward Elliott McDonald (1925-2000)
James Edwin McDonald (1856-1933)
Moffatt Grier McDonald (1889-1953)
Thomas Ketchin Elliott McDonald (1898-1974)
Peter Hector McEachin (1895-1971)
George Raymond McElveen (1896-1989)
Joseph Means McFadden (1901-1990)
Franklin Pierce McGowan (1898-1968)
Douglas McKay (1886-1966)
James Rion McKissick (1884-1944)
James Malcolm McLendon (1909-2000)
Daniel R. McLeod (1913-1985)
Franklin Alexander McLeod (1884-1958)
R. Kirk McLeod (1921-1987)
Thomas Gordon McLeod (1868-1932)
Walton James McLeod, Jr. (1906-1994)
Yancey Alford McLeod (1909-1975)
David Harper Means (1913-1987)
Thomas Samuel Means, Jr. (1921-2000)
William Davis Melton (1868-1926)
Joseph DuPre Miller (1930-2002)
Julian Mitchell (1867-1960)
James "Jimmie" Moore Sr. (1918-2005)
Maurice Herndon Moore (1866-1910)
Joseph McQuillan Moorer (1884-1960)
Patrick Bradley Morrah, Jr. (1915-1992)
Joseph Rodney Moss (1903-1993)
Edward Wade Mullins (1893-1989)
James Bryson Murphy (1887-1965)
deRosset Myers (1920-2001)

N

Shepard Kollock Nash (1893-1980)
Jacob Nathaniel Nathans (1894-1939)
Henry Carrington Nelson, Jr. (1923-1996)
Patrick Henry Nelson (1910-1964)
Julius B. Ness (1916-1991)
Edward Herman Ninestein (1908-1980)

O

John DeSaussure O'Bryan (1890-1985)
John Belton O'Neall (1793-1863)
Henry Kimsey Osborne (1875-1949)
George Dewey Oxner (1898-1962)

P

Henry Fletcher Padget, Jr. (1922-1998)
John J. Parker (1885-1958)
Gus Harry Pearlman (1913-2003)
Lewis Wardlaw Perrin (1886-1950)
Miss James M. Perry (1894-1964)
James Louis Petigru (1789-1863)
Benet Polikoff (1898-1970)
Joseph Daniel Pope (1820-1908)
Thomas Harrington Pope, Jr. (1913-1999)
Charles S. Porter, Jr. (1935-2005)
James B. Pressly, Jr. (1946-2004)
George Edward Prince (1855-1923)
Samuel Lander Prince (1996-1965)
William Fripp Prioleau (1922-1997)
Edward Kriegsmann Pritchard (1904-1977)
Charles Victor Pyle (1910-1985)

R

Floyd Dean Rainey (1904-1975)
Thomas Henry Rawl, Jr. (1918-1993)
Jeter Ernest Rhodes, Jr. (1944-1999)
William Luther Rhodes, Jr. (1918-1986)
James Prioleau Richards (1894-1979)
Edward Patterson Riley (1900-1994)
Carlisle Roberts (1909-1975)
David Wallace Robinson, Sr. (1868-1935)
David Wallace Robinson (1899-1989)
Robert Hoke Robinson (1916-1977)
John T. Roddey (1906-1981)
Joseph Oscar Rogers, Jr. (1921-1999)
Louis Rosen (1910-1989)
Sylvan Lewenthal Rosen (1913-1996)
Elbert Marion Rucker (1866-1926)

S

Robert Edward Salane (1947-1996)
Edward Eli Saleeby (1927-2002)
Julian B. Salley, Jr. (1912 - 2005)
Paul Andrews Sansbury, Jr. (1920-1989)
Claud Napoleon Sapp (1886-1947)
Henry Savage, Jr. (1903-1990)
John Munford Scott (1910-1982)
William Henry Seals (1926-1989)
Thomas Sidney Sease (1867-1952)
William Munro Shand (1881-1941)
Joseph Dawson Shine (1949-2003)
Samuel Wilds Gillespie Shipp (1880-1937)
Albert Simons, Jr. (1918-1998)
Charles Earl Simons, Jr. (1916-1999)
Eaddy McLeod Singletary (1919-2001)
Huger Sinkler (1908-1987)
Huger Sinkler (1868-1913)
Robert Beverley Sloan (1883-1950)
Barney Olevette Smith, Jr. (1952-1996)
Ellen Hines Smith (1940-1998)
Henry Augustus Middleton Smith (1853-1924)
Herbert Lee Smith (1889-1969)
Roy M. Smith, Sr. (1928 - 2006)
Augustine Thomas Smythe (1918-1991)
Augustine Thomas Smythe (1885-1962)
Henry Buist Smythe (1920-2002)
Emory Marlin Sneeden (1928-1987)
Thomas Hardeman Spain (1857-1935)
Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001)
Charles William Fraser Spencer (1876-1956)
Charles William Fraser Spencer, Jr. (1911-1985)
J. McNary Spigner (1922-1999)
John McKee Spratt (1907-1973)
Harry Roberts Stephenson, Jr. (1915-1990)
E. Randolph Stone (1918 - 2006)
Laurence O'Hear Stoney, Sr. (1921-1992)
Thomas Porcher Stoney (1889-1974)
Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961)
William Kenneth Suggs (1893-1972)

T

Claude Ambrose Taylor (1902-1966)
Claude Ambrose Taylor, Jr. (1933-1991)
Frank L. Taylor (1910-1976)
Calhoun Thomas (1903-1970)
John Peyre Thomas, Jr. (1857-1946)
William Joseph Thomas (1871-1942)
Belton Oswald Thomason, Jr. (1926-1993)
Bernard Melchoir Thomson, Jr. (1913-1991)
James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003)
John William Thurmond (1862-1934)
George Bell Timmerman (1881-1966)
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (1912-1994)
Ashley Cowan Tobias, Jr. (1886-1966)
Albert Creswell Todd (1880-1961)
William Hutson Townsend (1868-1934)
William Byrd Traxler (1912-1997)
Nathaniel A. Turner (1897-1959)

V

Robert Edward Vandiver (1917-1977)
James Spencer Verner (1906-1964)

W

John Frost Walker (1881-1970)
John Frost Walker, Jr. (1911-1989)
Wesley Martin Walker (1915-1999)
Thomas Emmet Walsh (1919-1990)
Rufus Montgomery Ward (1908-1988)
Julius Waties Waring (1880-1968)
Henry Hitt Watkins (1866-1947)
Thomas Franklin Watkins (1881-1973)
William Law Watkins (1910-1999)
Samuel R. Watt (1900-1968)
Mortimer M. Weinberg (1896-1968)
John C. West (1922-2004)
Marc H. Westbrook (1946-2005)
Ben Scott Whaley (1909-1987)
Marcellus Seabrook Whaley (1885-1961)
Richard Smith Whaley (1874-1951)
Thomas Baynard Whaley (1909-1992)
Bruce Welborn White (1905-1984)
William Walter Wilkins (1906-1995)
E. Lloyd Willcox (1904-2004)
Frederick Leroy Willcox (1870-1937)
Hugh Labarbe Willcox (1905-1994)
Philip Alston Willcox (1866-1922)
Arthur Middleton Williams (1914-1990)
Marshall Burns Williams (1912-1995)
Ray Robinson Williams (1889-1987)
John Frank Wilmeth (1889-1956)
Philip Wilmeth (1920-1995)
David McKewn Winter (1895-1984)
Robert King Wise (1892-1981)
Thomas Albert Wofford (1908-1978)
Charles A. Woods (1852-1925)
Malcolm Carr Woods, Jr. (1906-1993)
Jonathan Jasper Wright (1840-1885)
Charles Cecil Wyche (1885-1966)
Cyril Granville Wyche (1890-1988)

Y

F. Hall Yarborough (1921 - 2004)
Arthur Rutledge Young (1876-1947)
Charles Albert Young (1902-1955)
Henry Edward Young (1831-1918)
Joseph Rutledge Young (1915-1997)