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April 2007

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1936

Bruce Littlejohn, former chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court died April 21, 2007.

1956

J. Burney Kinard, Jr. died March 31, 2007.

1959

J. Lewis Cromer was selected to receive the 2007 Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

Richard W. Riley, former S.C governor and U.S. Secretary of Education, and a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, has been elected vice chairman of the trustees of Carnegie Corporation, a New York-based philanthropic organization that awards grants totaling approximately $90 million a year in the areas of education, international peace and security, international development and strengthening U.S. democracy.

1961

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr. was selected to receive the 2007 Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1969

H. Dave Whitener, Jr. was selected to receive the 2007 Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1975

John Morgan Gulledge died March 18, 2007. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646 or Greater Greenwood United Ministries, 1404 Edgefield Street, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to the Salvation Army, 222 Pressley Street, Greenwood, SC 29646.

1976

J. Howard Daniel, of Greenville firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, has been named to Davidson College's Board of Visitors.

1977

Barbara George Barton of Columbia firm Robinson, Barton, McCarthy, Calloway & Johnson, was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy at the National Building Museum in Washington.

1979

Charles W. Patrick Jr. was selected to receive the 2007 Gold Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1982

William E. Lawson joins the firm of Turner Padget as a shareholder.

1983

J. Mark Taylor was selected to receive the 2007 Gold Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1984

David. E. Dukes was selected to receive the 2007 Gold Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1992

Anne Macon Flynn was selected to receive the 2007 Silver Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1993

Robert Ray Meredith, Jr. married Beth Ann Pierce in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Lorri Shealy Unumb was selected to receive the 2007 Silver Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1994

John G. "Jay" Brown II has been named managing attorney for Buist, Byars & Taylor, LLC in Mount Pleasant, SC.

1995

V. Denise Hamilton has joined the Stanley Law Firm LLC as an associate attorney.

1996

Dale R. "Bubba" Samuels was selected to receive the 2007 Silver Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association.

1997

Ashley Cooper will serve as South Carolina Senior Advisor for Senator and Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd's campaign.

1999

Melinda R. Beres has been made a partner in the lawfirm of Hunton & Williams. Beres is a member of the business practice group in the Charlotte office.

Phillip Ferderigos has become a partner of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms in Charleston.

2000

Mark A. Brunty has joined the Myrtle Beach firm of Mullen Wylie, LLC.

Sam Craig was named as City Attorney for the City of Shelby, North Carolina. He will continue in private practice with Yelton, Farfour, McCartney, Lutz & Craig, P.A., in Shelby, practicing primarily in the area of business litigation.

2001

Kenneth Michael Barfield has been named Special Counsel to the Charleston firm Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms.

2002

Matthew Ray Gates married Catherine Lorraine Horne March 10, 2007.

Richele Taylor has joined the Columbia office of McAngus Goudelock & Courie.

2003

Frederick W. "Freddy" Faircloth IV has joined the Rock Hill firm of Hamilton Martens Ballou & Sipe, LLC as an associate. Faircloth will focus his practice in the areas of corporate and business law and taxation. He is admitted to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina and is a member of the York County Bar Association.

Ed J. Schafer has joined the Municipal Association as legislative counsel. Ed is responsible for lobbying and association legal work.

2004

Sallie S. Holder has joined the firm of Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. as an associate.

Mark Andrew Pepper married Emily Towry in Columbia, SC on March 31.

Lawrence James Purvis, Jr., married Callie Annette Seals on March 31, 2007 at the Wild Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach. He is an attorney with the Law Office of N. David DuRant and Associates in Surfside Beach.