On February 3, 1875, the Dallas Bar Association met during court recess to pass a resolution of condolence for the death of H.H. Sneed, a fellow bar member, beginning a tradition of memorials that continues to the present day. The lawyers resolved that each member of the bar would wear “the usual badge of memory” (presumably a black armband) for thirty days.
Since that time Dallas Bar Association through its Memorial and History Committee has maintained this tradition of preserving the life and legacy of its members.
The Memorial Resolutions are adopted by the membership at the Dallas Bar Association Annual Meeting on the second Thursday in November.
The Memorial Resolutions are given to the families of all deceased Dallas Bar members. Below please find a list of those Dallas Bar members who have passed away recently. A copy of the Memorial Resolution sent to their family may be viewed by clicking the name.
Memorial Resolutions (DBA Annual Meeting 2024-present). Click here to view the archives.
Nathan Allen, Jr.
May 19, 2025
Anthony Atwell
December 17, 2024
Ray Allen Balestri
January 4, 2025
Walton Porter Bondies, Jr.
October 11, 2025
David Eugene Brusilow
March 11, 2025
Eric William Buether
October 10, 2024
Colonel Bennett Wilson Cervin
September 1, 2025
William Gray Compton
March 30, 2025
Hon. L. Clifford Davis
February 15, 2025
Diana Cheryl Dutton
February 3, 2025
Hon. Ernest John Flowers
April 30, 2025
Peter Archibald Franklin, III
January 7, 2024
Ronald Elgin Grant
March 1, 2025
John Michael Jackson
March 20, 2025
Hon. Joe Hilton Loving, Jr.
June 4, 2025
Ronald Eugene Manthey
January 22, 2025
Aglaia Constantine Dixie Mauzy
August 15, 2025
Stanley McMurray
December 2, 2024
Kenneth John Mighell
May 29, 2025
Samuel Rutherford Miller
March 1, 2025
Joseph Carrol Putnam, Jr.
May 8, 2025
Arthur Raphael
May 8, 2025
Steven Arthur Shaw
September 21, 2024
Thaddeus Michael Sims
February 4, 2025
David Marshall Sudbury
September 30, 2025
Lewis Taber Sweet, Jr.
July 1, 2025
Paul Barnard Underkofler, Jr.
August 26, 2025
Alexandra Porter Wahlig
July 21, 2024