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Article Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006

Written By: Russell Rawlings

The N.C. State Bar recently recognized a distinguished group of lawyers who have practiced law with distinction in this state for 50 years.

Pictured above, front from left, Charles Thomas Johnson, Jr.; Russell M. Robinson, II; Nick Galifianakis; Frances M. Fletcher, Jr.; Julius A. Rousseau, Jr.; Lawrence Egerton; Paul Bennett Guthery, Jr.; Sydnor Thompson, Jr.; Billy Brown Olive; and Donald B. Strickland.

Second row: Joseph Felton Turner, Jr.; Alexander H. Barnes, Sr.; Walter Lee Horton, Jr.; Richard Tillman Fountain, Jr.; Roy A. Cooper, Jr.; Hugh M. Wilson; Solomon G. Cherry; John C. W. Gardner; John Cornelius Riggs; William Blakeley Mills; and Myron C. Banks.

Third row: Harley Black Gaston, Jr.; George W. Ferguson, Jr.; William C. Brewer, Jr.; Horace E. Stacy, Jr.; Richard E. Thigpen, Jr.; Frederick Taylor Mattox; Richard Lamar Kennedy; William L. Osteen; Romallus O. Murphy; William E. Rouse, Jr.; and William Pailin Skinner, Jr. 

The photo was taken by Dan Hadley and provided by the N.C. State Bar, which also provided a complete list of the attorneys licensed in North Carolina who have been practicing law for 50 years:

• Stavros Agapion, Cary
• James H. Atkins, Gastonia
• Myron C. Banks, Raleigh
• Alexander H. Barnes, Durham
• George F. Bason, Washington
• Lowry M.  Betts, Pittsboro
• Warren D.  Blair, Lawndale
• Gordon E. Boyce, Raleigh
• William C. Brewer, Greenville
• Joyce A. Brown, Supply
• Gilbert H. Burnett, Wilmington
• Robert G. Byrd, Chapel Hill
• Solomon G. Cherry, Boone
• David Clinard, McLean, Va.
• Benjamin H. Cooke, Bracey, Va.
• Robert E. Cooper, Chapel Hill
• Roy A. Cooper, Rocky Mount
• Martin L. Cromartie, Washington
• Lawrence Egerton, Greensboro
• Herman G. Enochs, Greensboro
• Andre J. Evans, Virginia Beach, Va.
• George W. Ferguson, Charlotte
• Francis M.  Fletcher, Charlotte
• Richard T. Fountain, Rocky Mount
• Miles B. Fowler, Clinton
• Jack M.  Freeman, Forest City
• Nick  Galifianakis, Durham
• John C. Gardner, Mount Airy
• Harley B. Gaston, Belmont
• Richard F. Gordon, Beaufort
• William E. Graham, Raleigh
• Paul B. Guthrey, Charlotte
• Frank W. Hall, Asheville
• Thomas S. Harrington, Eden
• Elisha C. Harris, Durham
• Fred W. Harrison, Kinston
• Melvin R. Head, Roanoke, Va.
• Walter L. Horton, Jr., Raleigh
• Isham B. Hudson, Raleigh
• Charles T. Johnson, Warrenton
• James E.  Johnson, Charlotte
• John D.  Johnston, Asheville
• Richard L. Kennedy, Greenville
• Jack E. Klass, Lexington
• Charles T. Lane, Rocky Mount
• John W. Lasley, Cocoa, Fla.
• Robert D.  Lewis, Asheville
• William A. Mahler, Tarboro
• Frederick T.  Mattox, Greenville
• George A. McNemar, Washington
• Frank P.  Meadows, Rocky Mount
• Charles E. Melvin, Greensboro
• Robert B. Millman, Richmond, Va.
• William B. Mills, Thomasville
• Romallus O. Murphy, Greensboro
• Billy B. Olive, Durham
• William L. Osteen, Greensboro
• William R. Pierce, Raleigh
• Millard R. Rich, Raleigh
• John C. Riggs, High Point
• Russell M. Robinson, Charlotte
• Carl P.  Rose, Arlington, Va.
• William E. Rouse, Raleigh
• Julius A. Rousseau, N. Wilkesboro
• Marvin G. Scoggin, Greensboro
• William P.  Skinner, Raleigh
• Franklin A. Snyder, High Point
• Horace E. Stacy, Lumberton
• Donald B. Strickland, Goldsboro
• John M. Tapley, Tampa, Fla.
• Richard E. Thigpen, Charlotte
• Sydnor Thompson, Charlotte
• Felton Turner, Jackson
• Philip T. Wall, Greensboro
• Daniel J. Walton, Gastonia
• Hallett Sidney Ward, Waynesville
• Carroll W. Weathers, Hickory
• John Webb, Raleigh
• Hugh M. Wilson, Lenoir
• William E. Zimtbaum, Newton
• William E. Zuckerman, Bethesda, Md.