[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 130 (Monday, October 11, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1870]
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                  IN TRIBUTE TO CHARLES R. ADAMS, JR.

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                           HON. JIM MARSHALL

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 7, 2004

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a man who 
for half a century has served the people of my State and District in 
the noble calling of the law. On October 11, 2004, my good friend 
Charles R. Adams, Jr. will mark his golden anniversary as an active 
member of the Georgia Bar.
  Charlie Adams was born in Fitzgerald, GA, in 1932, the descendent of 
several prominent families in Middle Georgia. In 1946, Charlie, 13 at 
the time, served as a page in the Eighty-Seventh Congress.
  Valedictorian of the Fitzgerald High School Class of '49, Charlie 
continued his distinguished academic and leadership record at the 
University of Georgia, achieving membership in the Phi Beta Kappa 
honorary fraternity, in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and served as 
President of UGA's Interfraternity Council. While at UGA, Charlie met 
and married the lovely Margaret Leah Twitty of Camilla, Ga. She and 
Charlie had two children, Charles R. Adams III and Mary Elisabeth Adams 
(Mrs. Howard) Johnson. Charles lost Leah to cancer in 1983. His son is 
following in his father's footsteps; it was my privilege to teach 
Charles Adams III at Mercer Law School.
  Mr. Speaker, Charlie Adams was admitted to the UGA School of Law in 
1953 and successfully took the bar exam in the summer of 1954. He was 
formally admitted as a member of the Georgia bar on Oct. 11, 1954, in 
the Superior Court of Ben Hill County, Georgia, Hon. O. Wendell Horne, 
Jr., presiding. In 1955, Charlie was awarded the LL.B. degree from 
Georgia Law School. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 
U.S. Army and served as an attorney in the Judge Advocate General's 
Office, including a brief tour of duty in the Pentagon. After his 
military service, Charlie served for two years as a staff attorney to 
the Hon. Jule W. Felton, Sr., Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of 
Appeals. He entered private practice with the Atlanta firm of Crenshaw, 
Hansell, Ware, Brandon & Dorsey.
  In 1962, Charlie heeded the call to return to his roots in middle 
Georgia and relocated his family to Fort Valley. When his district's 
Congressional seat came open in 1964, Charlie made a laudable bid to 
win the Democratic primary. He has been a life long member of the 
Democratic Party and has served as a member and officer of the Peach 
County Democratic Executive Committee since 1966.
  Mr. Speaker, in this day when so many view the legal profession with 
cynical suspicion, Charlie Adams manifests the most noble ideals of 
his, and my, profession. He has always been available for public 
service. For many years, he took more than his share of indigent 
criminal defense and other pro bono publico cases. He represented the 
City of Fort Valley for 29 years, the Fort Valley Utility Commission 
for 35 years, as well as Peach County, the Peach County Board of 
Education, and many other local government entities. In the 1970's, he 
was also attorney on a statewide basis for the Georgia Electric Cities 
Association. Charlie has been active in his community in other ways, 
including the Boy Scouts, the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, 
the United Way, and the Methodist Church. For 50 years, he has lived 
out the finest aspects of a true professional. I am proud to claim 
Charles R. Adams, Jr., as a constituent and friend, and I hope that 
everyone will join me in wishing him many more happy and productive 
years to come.

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