Son of Nancy Copper and Maurice Victor Barnhill, Sr.
WILMINGTON - Maurice V. Barnhill, Jr. passed away on April 5, 1999 after a long illness. The son of the late Nancy Cooper Barnhill and the late Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Maurice Victor Barnhill, Mr. Barnhill was born in Rocky Mount on December 10, 1913. He received his early education in the Rocky Mount schools, and his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he achieved membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He began practice in Rocky Mount, worked for the United States Justice Department Anti-Trust Division, and in 1943 moved with his family to Wilmington. He was General Solicitor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for 20 years, then established a private practice of law in Wilmington. He achieved a national reputation in railroad labor law representing the Southeastern Railroad Association before the National Labor Relations Board and by other national labor law practice. He was past Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the Law Institute, Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Cape Fear Club, the Cape Fear Country Club, the Carolina Yacht Club, and a past member of the Civitan Club.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Peggy Zerbach; sons, Dr. M.V. Barnhill, III and James H. Barnhill, Esquire; sister, Rebecca Barnhill Hundley; granddaughters, Christina A. Barnhill Venetianer and Carolina E. Barnhill; daughter-in-law, Georgia Brady Barnhill; grandson-in-law Robert Venetianer; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy Hicks and Tom Hicks; nephews, Dr. Hugh Mills and Dr. Michael Mills; two grandnephews; one grandniece.
Graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999 at Oakdale Cemetery, 520 N. 15th St. Wilmington, by Dr. Edward G. Conette.
The family will receive friends at Mr. Barnhill's former home on Acacia Drive in Wilmington.
For persons desiring to do so, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4701 Wrightsville Ave., Suite C, Wilmington, NC 28403, or to Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel.
--The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 07 Apr 1999, Wed page 20
WILMINGTON - Maurice V. Barnhill, Jr. passed away on April 5, 1999 after a long illness. The son of the late Nancy Cooper Barnhill and the late Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Maurice Victor Barnhill, Mr. Barnhill was born in Rocky Mount on December 10, 1913. He received his early education in the Rocky Mount schools, and his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he achieved membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He began practice in Rocky Mount, worked for the United States Justice Department Anti-Trust Division, and in 1943 moved with his family to Wilmington. He was General Solicitor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for 20 years, then established a private practice of law in Wilmington. He achieved a national reputation in railroad labor law representing the Southeastern Railroad Association before the National Labor Relations Board and by other national labor law practice. He was past Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the Law Institute, Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Cape Fear Club, the Cape Fear Country Club, the Carolina Yacht Club, and a past member of the Civitan Club.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Peggy Zerbach; sons, Dr. M.V. Barnhill, III and James H. Barnhill, Esquire; sister, Rebecca Barnhill Hundley; granddaughters, Christina A. Barnhill Venetianer and Carolina E. Barnhill; daughter-in-law, Georgia Brady Barnhill; grandson-in-law Robert Venetianer; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy Hicks and Tom Hicks; nephews, Dr. Hugh Mills and Dr. Michael Mills; two grandnephews; one grandniece.
Graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999 at Oakdale Cemetery, 520 N. 15th St. Wilmington, by Dr. Edward G. Conette.
The family will receive friends at Mr. Barnhill's former home on Acacia Drive in Wilmington.
For persons desiring to do so, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4701 Wrightsville Ave., Suite C, Wilmington, NC 28403, or to Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel.
--The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 07 Apr 1999, Wed page 20
Son of Nancy Copper and Maurice Victor Barnhill, Sr.
WILMINGTON - Maurice V. Barnhill, Jr. passed away on April 5, 1999 after a long illness. The son of the late Nancy Cooper Barnhill and the late Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Maurice Victor Barnhill, Mr. Barnhill was born in Rocky Mount on December 10, 1913. He received his early education in the Rocky Mount schools, and his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he achieved membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He began practice in Rocky Mount, worked for the United States Justice Department Anti-Trust Division, and in 1943 moved with his family to Wilmington. He was General Solicitor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for 20 years, then established a private practice of law in Wilmington. He achieved a national reputation in railroad labor law representing the Southeastern Railroad Association before the National Labor Relations Board and by other national labor law practice. He was past Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the Law Institute, Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Cape Fear Club, the Cape Fear Country Club, the Carolina Yacht Club, and a past member of the Civitan Club.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Peggy Zerbach; sons, Dr. M.V. Barnhill, III and James H. Barnhill, Esquire; sister, Rebecca Barnhill Hundley; granddaughters, Christina A. Barnhill Venetianer and Carolina E. Barnhill; daughter-in-law, Georgia Brady Barnhill; grandson-in-law Robert Venetianer; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy Hicks and Tom Hicks; nephews, Dr. Hugh Mills and Dr. Michael Mills; two grandnephews; one grandniece.
Graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999 at Oakdale Cemetery, 520 N. 15th St. Wilmington, by Dr. Edward G. Conette.
The family will receive friends at Mr. Barnhill's former home on Acacia Drive in Wilmington.
For persons desiring to do so, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4701 Wrightsville Ave., Suite C, Wilmington, NC 28403, or to Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel.
--The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 07 Apr 1999, Wed page 20
WILMINGTON - Maurice V. Barnhill, Jr. passed away on April 5, 1999 after a long illness. The son of the late Nancy Cooper Barnhill and the late Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Maurice Victor Barnhill, Mr. Barnhill was born in Rocky Mount on December 10, 1913. He received his early education in the Rocky Mount schools, and his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he achieved membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He began practice in Rocky Mount, worked for the United States Justice Department Anti-Trust Division, and in 1943 moved with his family to Wilmington. He was General Solicitor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for 20 years, then established a private practice of law in Wilmington. He achieved a national reputation in railroad labor law representing the Southeastern Railroad Association before the National Labor Relations Board and by other national labor law practice. He was past Vice President of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the Law Institute, Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Cape Fear Club, the Cape Fear Country Club, the Carolina Yacht Club, and a past member of the Civitan Club.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Peggy Zerbach; sons, Dr. M.V. Barnhill, III and James H. Barnhill, Esquire; sister, Rebecca Barnhill Hundley; granddaughters, Christina A. Barnhill Venetianer and Carolina E. Barnhill; daughter-in-law, Georgia Brady Barnhill; grandson-in-law Robert Venetianer; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy Hicks and Tom Hicks; nephews, Dr. Hugh Mills and Dr. Michael Mills; two grandnephews; one grandniece.
Graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999 at Oakdale Cemetery, 520 N. 15th St. Wilmington, by Dr. Edward G. Conette.
The family will receive friends at Mr. Barnhill's former home on Acacia Drive in Wilmington.
For persons desiring to do so, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4701 Wrightsville Ave., Suite C, Wilmington, NC 28403, or to Saint Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel.
--The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 07 Apr 1999, Wed page 20
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