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The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners met at their regular monthly mee~/nD on ~%$j.,
<br /> June ~, 1961 at the Courthouse at 10:00 AM with the follow,ng members present: APR'° ]986
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<br /> Chairman- W. Frank McCray ~,~:
<br /> Commissioners- L. Bowman Barrier, P.Ernest Stallings, W. Ouy Isenhour andM. Smoot Lyles
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<br /> Motion by M Smoot Lyles seconded by P.Ernest Stallings that the following Road petition:-:,
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<br /> be approved :
<br /> No. 4 Township - Elwood Street- Request for surface treatment.
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<br /> Motion by W.C~.'y Isenhour, seconded by M Smoot Lules that the O. K. Lunch be given the
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<br /> contract to feed the prisSners 'in the Couhty Ja~! at 45 cents per meal- 7-1-61 to 7-1-62.
<br /> Voted on and carried. ..
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<br /> Motion by M.Smoot Lyles seconded by W.Guy Isenhour that the following resolution be
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<br /> passed and a copy he sent to the House and Senate and to Mrs Heath Jones Hartsell, L.T.
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<br /> Hartsell III and Mrs Heath Hartsell Wiggins, and R. L. Hartsell:
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<br /> "A resolution of respect to and honoring the memory of Luther Thompson
<br /> Hartsell and Luther Thompson Hartse11, Jr."
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<br /> "WHEREAS, the Honorable Luther Thompson Hartsell, a native of Caharrus County, having
<br /> been born in No. 10 Township on October 13,1870, died on March 9, 1961; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Honorable Luther Thompson Hartsell Jr., a native of Cl~barrus County, having
<br /> been born in Concord, on September 7, 1902 and died on May 14, 1961; and
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<br /> WHERF~, Luther Thompson Hartsell and Luther Thompson Hartsell Jr., were life long
<br /> outstandin9 citizens, attorneys and Democrats of Caharrus Connty and gave the full measure of thei:
<br /> respective abilities to public service for the citizens of Caharrus County and North Carolina; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, Luther Thompson Hartsell opened his office in Concord in 1896 for the practice of
<br /> law after graduating from Trinity College in 1894 with the degree of Ph.B.,.and the University
<br /> of North Carolina Law School in 1896 with the degree of L. L.B., and continued his active practice
<br /> until several years ago, always maintaining an outstanding reputation for honesty, integrity and
<br /> ability; and Luther Thompson Hartsell served as a member of the North Carolina House of
<br /> Representatives in 1899 and the North Carolina State Senate in 1911 and 1921, as County Attorney
<br /> !from 190~ to 1910, 1912 to 1914 and 1922 individually and as a member of his firm until his
<br /> retirement, and served as Chairman of the Cabarrus County Democratic Executive Committee , Chairman
<br /> of the Board of Trustees of Stonewall Jackson Traininc School, mermber of the Board of Trustees of
<br />the Bo~ ~eo~U niversity of North Carolina, Chairman and membeff of the Concord City~choolBoard, Chairman o
<br /> Trustees of the Concord Public Library, and was a member of the Caharrus County, North
<br /> Carolina and American Bar Aissociations and the North Carolina State Bar; and Luther Thompson
<br /> Hartse11 was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Concord; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, Luther Thompson Hartsell Jr., received B.A. a nd L. L.B. degrees from the University
<br /> of North Carolina and its Law School in 1923, serving as Associate Editor of the North Carolina
<br /> Law Review, and Luther Thompson HartsellJr., formed the law partnership of Hartsell and Hartse11
<br /> withhis father in 1923 and continued the practice of law in this firm in Concortd until his
<br /> death, being recognized for his honesty, integrity and ability throughout the State,and Luther
<br /> Thompson Hartsell Jr., was a member of the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners from 1942-44
<br /> and 1946 until his death, was a member of the North Carolina State Senate 1933-35, served as
<br /> Chairman of the Cabarrus County Selective Service Board, as a member and Chairman of the Concord Ci
<br /> School Board, as Chairman of the Caharrus County Board of Elections, as County Attorney, as
<br /> Chairman of the Board of Directors of Concord National Bag~i, as President of the North Carolina
<br /> State Bar 1944-45 and Luther Thomps~nHartsell Jr., was well knwwn in Masonry, having served as
<br /> .6!rand Master of Masons in the State of North Carolina 1947-48 and Luther Thompson HartSell Jr., was
<br /> a member of the Cabarrus County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations and the North
<br /> Carolina State Bar, and Luther Thompson Hartsell Jr., was a member of the First Presbyterian Church
<br /> of Concord;
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
<br /> 1. Cabarrus County and North Carolina have l°st able, loyal and devoted citizens in the
<br /> deaths of Luther Thompson Hartsell and Luther .hompson Hartsell Jr., .
<br /> 2. The Board of Commissioners of Cahar~us County desires to give formal expression of its
<br /> sincere appreciation for the lives and service of Luther Thompson Hartsell and Luther Thompson
<br /> H~rtsell Jr.; and to express its feeling of loss in their passing.
<br /> ~ 3. A copy of th~ resolution be furnished for Mrs Heath Jones Hartsell,~ife of Luther Thompson
<br /> ~artsell, Jr., and Luther Thomspon Hartsell III and Mrs Lena Heath Hartsell Wiggins, children of
<br /> ~uther Thompson Hartsell Jr., and Cu'andchildren of Luther Thompson Hartsell. ,,
<br /> 'There being no further business, the Board adjoined. John R.Boger Clerk to Board.
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