[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E185-E186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE FRED L. HENLEY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 25, 1995
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to pay tribute to former 
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred L. Henley, who recently 
passed away in Jefferson City, MO. Born October 25, 1911, in 
Caruthersville, MO, Chief Justice Henley was an outstanding Missourian 
who served many appointments within the Missouri justice system.
  In 1934, he received his bachelor of laws degree from Cumberland 
University in Lebanon, TN. In 1935 he was admitted to the Missouri bar. 
Ten years later he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the 
United States.
  He established a general law practice in Caruthersville, MO in 1936. 
That same year he was elected city attorney, a position he held for 3 
years. In 1939, he was appointed city counselor. He was city counselor 
until 1942 when he went to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps, in 1946 he 
was commissioned a major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
  After his military service, Henley served as judge of the 38th 
Judicial Circuit from October 1955 to February 1960. Afterwards 
returning to private practice forming the firm Henley and Fowlkes.
  Appointed chairman of the Missouri State Highway Commission in 
December 1961, a position he served until April 1964 when he was 
appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court. Originally appointed by 
Governor John M. Dalton, Henley remained on the court for a 12-year 
term that ended in December 1978. From 1969 throughout 1971, he served 
the court as Chief Justice.
  Judge Henley also belonged to, and led, many civic and fraternal 
organizations within his community. He was an active member of the 
Presbyterian Church. Other organizations include, Caruthersville Lodge 
No. 461, A.F. & A.M.; and Missouri Consistory No. 1, M.R.S.; the Moolah 
Temple, St. Louis; Post 88 of the American Legion in Pemiscot County; 
the American Bar Association; and the Missouri Bar Association; the 
38th Judicial Circuit Bar Association; the Caruthersville Rotary Club; 
the Caruthersville Board of Education; the Pemiscot County Chapter of 
the American Red Cross.
  A devoted person in all he undertook, Judge Henley will be missed by 
all who knew him. I urge my colleagues to join me in my condolences to 
the family that he leaves. Survivors include three daughters, Sally 
Kate Sisson, Lynda Wayne Walters, and Karen Janet 
[[Page E186]] Currie; one son, Joseph Oliver Henley, and three 
grandchildren.


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