Is Remembered for…..
I’ve been retired from the practice of law since 2017, but I still receive the State Bar of Texas monthly magazine, The Texas Bar Journal. Towards the end of each issue is the Memorials section which contains obits for our fallen brothers and sisters of the bar. (There are a lot more brothers than sisters listed since most of the departed are older types who came of age when there was a much larger skew towards men in the legal profession.)
The obits are brief and contain the basic information such as city of practice, law school attended, area of legal concentration, etc. But towards the end, just before survivors are listed, there’s a sentence that begins: “(Last name of deceased) is remembered for…….”, and then a few particular things are mentioned. Oftentimes this is a predictable and anodyne list and might consist of “his love of his family and the practice of law” or some such.
But sometimes there are quite interesting nuggets. Just from the edition I received in the mail today are these:
“….remembered for possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of rock n’ roll history”
“.…remembered as a fan of Rudyard Kipling, with a lifelong interest in the history of the British and Indian armies during the Victorian era, amassing a sizeable collection of related books, firearms, military prints, and toy soldiers.”
“.…remembered for his love of family, the legal profession, and….racehorses.”
The Bar Journal is not generally known for its creativity, but I’ve always been intrigued with the idea of describing a deceased’s essence in a single sentence. And I’ve wondered what that sentence might be for me when I shuffle off this mortal coil and go on to my reward (or some might say, for lawyers, my eternal punishment). If I come up with something I think fitting, maybe I’ll send it in to the magazine ahead of time. But I’m still working on it.
For any of my fellow HDers who think more quickly than me, please feel free to post what your one sentence would be.
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