Richard Abrom Henries was born on September 16, 1908 unto the union of George E. Henries, a carpenter and merchant, and Eliza B. Robinson-Henries, a seamstress, in the City of Monrovia, Republic of Liberia. He became an orphan at the age of sixteen when he lost his mother and father in 1924. He then went to live with his grandmother and two aunts. After much study and hard work, he graduated at the head of his class from the College of West Africa in 1927. Because he had had a difficult time putting himself through high school, he decided not to go to college. However, his aunt, the late Martha Robinson and her husband, the late Henry A. Clements, encouraged him to enroll at Liberia College and promised to help him with his tuition. He went on to college, led his class throughout his college years and graduated in1931 as valedictorian with a B.A. degree in mathematics. Because of his brilliance in mathematics, he was appointed Associate Professor of Mathematics a few months after his graduation from Liberia College, now the University of Liberia. Later, from 1946 to1951, he served the University of Liberia as secretary of the Board of Trustees and, from 1951 to 1980, as president of the Board. At different times, during the years after his graduation, his alma mater conferred upon him the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Civil Laws and Doctor of Humanities.
Two years after he graduated from college, he was employed as chief clerk of the Commonwealth District of Monrovia. Later he was appointed chief clerk of the Treasury Department, making him the second highest official of the Department at that time. In 1938, President Edwin J. Barclay appointed him as Supervisor of Schools for Sinoe and Maryland Counties. In that capacity he traveled throughout eastern Liberia and made many friends wherever he went. He held that position until 1943 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Montserrado County. He served as chairman of the Committee on Education and the Committee on Foreign Affairs until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1951.
Counsellor Henries studied law on his own and was admitted to the Bar in 1933. In 1944 he founded the Henries Law Firm which became one of the leading law firms in Liberia. The firm is still very active in Liberia and has an office in the United States of America. In 1959, he was elected president of the Liberian National Bar Association and served in that position for twenty years. He was also a member of the American Society of International Law. He had a very lucrative law practice which, with incomes from his practice, farms and leased properties, made him financially independent.
He was one of Liberia’s astute politicians. He was a staunch member of the True Whig Party, and became Chairman of the Local True Whig Party of Monrovia in 1944, Party Leader of Montserrado County in 1946, Legal Advisor of the Party in 1950 and, as Speaker, presided over the House of Representatives for twenty-eight and a half years.
At an early age, he embraced the Christian religion and became a member of Providence Baptist Church. He served faithfully in Providence as trustee, superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He contributed liberally to his church in time, energy and finance. As chairman of the Deacon Board he spearheaded the building of the new church on the corner of Ashmun and Center Streets in Monrovia. He always attributed whatever success he achieved to “God first”. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the Liberian Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention. He also contributed very generously to other denominations for the erection of churches, schools and orphanages in Liberia.
In 1937 he married Miss Angie E. Brooks of Virginia, Liberia. This union was dissolved in 1941. A year later, he met Miss A. Doris Banks of Middletown, Connecticut, a Methodist missionary stationed in Barclayville, Maryland County. They were married in 1942. He predeceased her in 1980, and she died the following year in the United States. Both women served Liberia with distinction: Angie E. Brooks as a diplomat and as President of the United Nations General Assembly and the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia; and A. Doris Banks Henries as Dean of the W.V.S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia and Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education.
Richard Henries was Past Master of Oriental Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M.; Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Liberia; Past Master of Excelsior Lodge No. 137, United Brothers of Friendship; Past Noble Father, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Liberia; Past Master of the International Order of Grand Templars of Liberia; and Grand Inspector General of the 33rd Degree, United Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction (U.S.A.). As the 25th Grand Master of Masons of Liberia he laid the cornerstone of the grand masonic temple situated on West Benson Street in Monrovia.
As was required by law, he enlisted in the Militia at the age of sixteen and came up through the ranks to become captain in the First Regiment. Years later he was brevetted as major general of the Armed Forces of Liberia. In recognition of distinguished services rendered to Liberia, he received the following decorations: Distinguished Service Order; Grand Band, Order of the Star of Africa; Great Band, Humane Order of African Redemption; Grand Cordon, Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers. He also was honored with decorations from many foreign nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Republic of China and the Central African Republic.
As an official of Government, he represented Liberia at several international conferences, starting with the organizing conference of the United Nations, in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1945 where he signed the United Nations Charter; the Committee of Jurists on the Reorganization of the International Court of Justice, Washington D.C., 1945; West Africa Educational Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1950; Chairman of the Liberian Delegation to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 1958; Chairman, Liberian Delegation to the Africa Week Program sponsored by the German Bundestag, Bonn, 1961; Representative of President William V. S. Tubman to the independence celebrations of the Republic of Chad, 1962; Chairman, Liberian Goodwill Mission to the Nationalist Republic of China, Taiwan, 1963; Conference on World Peace Through Law and the World Assembly of Judges, Washington, D.C., 1965; the inaugural ceremonies of the new Parliament (Knesset) Building in Jerusalem, Israel,1966; Personal Representative of President W. R. Tolbert, Jr. to the Induction ceremonies of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II at the Vatican, 1978. He was one of Liberia’s best-known statesmen at home and abroad.
After the military coup on April 12, 1980, his life was cut short on April 22, 1980 after being found guilty by a tribunal in which the judges were also prosecutors and jury, no notice was given of the charges against him and no opportunity to be represented by counsel. Simply put the mock trial lacked the basic elements of due process and fairness.
Mourning his loss are his children: George E., Richard A. II, Wynston O., Franklin, Eliza, Martha, Rosina, Emily, Williette, Toye, William, Olive, Iris, Christie, Johnston, Vernon, Ellen, Mary, Gradia, Matilda, Georgia, Elizabeth, Indira, Patsy, Edward, Ralphlyne, Amos and Agnes Henries, (Joseph, Winston J., Etta and Kula Henries died after 1980); daughters-in-law Marjorie P. Henries, Shirley W. Henries, and Mary Henries; sons-in-law, Theodore Wallace, Oliver Gardiner, Edwin Gardiner, Lionel Poneys, Nathaniel Solonteh, Johnson Leamah and Maurice Pennoh; several grand children, great grand children and many foster children, including Jennie M. Neal, Joseph K. Acqui, Dorothy Mah, William Mah, Tommy Henries, and Tommy Vah.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Two years after he graduated from college, he was employed as chief clerk of the Commonwealth District of Monrovia. Later he was appointed chief clerk of the Treasury Department, making him the second highest official of the Department at that time. In 1938, President Edwin J. Barclay appointed him as Supervisor of Schools for Sinoe and Maryland Counties. In that capacity he traveled throughout eastern Liberia and made many friends wherever he went. He held that position until 1943 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Montserrado County. He served as chairman of the Committee on Education and the Committee on Foreign Affairs until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1951.
Counsellor Henries studied law on his own and was admitted to the Bar in 1933. In 1944 he founded the Henries Law Firm which became one of the leading law firms in Liberia. The firm is still very active in Liberia and has an office in the United States of America. In 1959, he was elected president of the Liberian National Bar Association and served in that position for twenty years. He was also a member of the American Society of International Law. He had a very lucrative law practice which, with incomes from his practice, farms and leased properties, made him financially independent.
He was one of Liberia’s astute politicians. He was a staunch member of the True Whig Party, and became Chairman of the Local True Whig Party of Monrovia in 1944, Party Leader of Montserrado County in 1946, Legal Advisor of the Party in 1950 and, as Speaker, presided over the House of Representatives for twenty-eight and a half years.
At an early age, he embraced the Christian religion and became a member of Providence Baptist Church. He served faithfully in Providence as trustee, superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He contributed liberally to his church in time, energy and finance. As chairman of the Deacon Board he spearheaded the building of the new church on the corner of Ashmun and Center Streets in Monrovia. He always attributed whatever success he achieved to “God first”. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the Liberian Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention. He also contributed very generously to other denominations for the erection of churches, schools and orphanages in Liberia.
In 1937 he married Miss Angie E. Brooks of Virginia, Liberia. This union was dissolved in 1941. A year later, he met Miss A. Doris Banks of Middletown, Connecticut, a Methodist missionary stationed in Barclayville, Maryland County. They were married in 1942. He predeceased her in 1980, and she died the following year in the United States. Both women served Liberia with distinction: Angie E. Brooks as a diplomat and as President of the United Nations General Assembly and the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia; and A. Doris Banks Henries as Dean of the W.V.S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia and Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education.
Richard Henries was Past Master of Oriental Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M.; Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Liberia; Past Master of Excelsior Lodge No. 137, United Brothers of Friendship; Past Noble Father, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Liberia; Past Master of the International Order of Grand Templars of Liberia; and Grand Inspector General of the 33rd Degree, United Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction (U.S.A.). As the 25th Grand Master of Masons of Liberia he laid the cornerstone of the grand masonic temple situated on West Benson Street in Monrovia.
As was required by law, he enlisted in the Militia at the age of sixteen and came up through the ranks to become captain in the First Regiment. Years later he was brevetted as major general of the Armed Forces of Liberia. In recognition of distinguished services rendered to Liberia, he received the following decorations: Distinguished Service Order; Grand Band, Order of the Star of Africa; Great Band, Humane Order of African Redemption; Grand Cordon, Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers. He also was honored with decorations from many foreign nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Republic of China and the Central African Republic.
As an official of Government, he represented Liberia at several international conferences, starting with the organizing conference of the United Nations, in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1945 where he signed the United Nations Charter; the Committee of Jurists on the Reorganization of the International Court of Justice, Washington D.C., 1945; West Africa Educational Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1950; Chairman of the Liberian Delegation to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 1958; Chairman, Liberian Delegation to the Africa Week Program sponsored by the German Bundestag, Bonn, 1961; Representative of President William V. S. Tubman to the independence celebrations of the Republic of Chad, 1962; Chairman, Liberian Goodwill Mission to the Nationalist Republic of China, Taiwan, 1963; Conference on World Peace Through Law and the World Assembly of Judges, Washington, D.C., 1965; the inaugural ceremonies of the new Parliament (Knesset) Building in Jerusalem, Israel,1966; Personal Representative of President W. R. Tolbert, Jr. to the Induction ceremonies of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II at the Vatican, 1978. He was one of Liberia’s best-known statesmen at home and abroad.
After the military coup on April 12, 1980, his life was cut short on April 22, 1980 after being found guilty by a tribunal in which the judges were also prosecutors and jury, no notice was given of the charges against him and no opportunity to be represented by counsel. Simply put the mock trial lacked the basic elements of due process and fairness.
Mourning his loss are his children: George E., Richard A. II, Wynston O., Franklin, Eliza, Martha, Rosina, Emily, Williette, Toye, William, Olive, Iris, Christie, Johnston, Vernon, Ellen, Mary, Gradia, Matilda, Georgia, Elizabeth, Indira, Patsy, Edward, Ralphlyne, Amos and Agnes Henries, (Joseph, Winston J., Etta and Kula Henries died after 1980); daughters-in-law Marjorie P. Henries, Shirley W. Henries, and Mary Henries; sons-in-law, Theodore Wallace, Oliver Gardiner, Edwin Gardiner, Lionel Poneys, Nathaniel Solonteh, Johnson Leamah and Maurice Pennoh; several grand children, great grand children and many foster children, including Jennie M. Neal, Joseph K. Acqui, Dorothy Mah, William Mah, Tommy Henries, and Tommy Vah.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Richard Abrom Henries was born on September 16, 1908 unto the union of George E. Henries, a carpenter and merchant, and Eliza B. Robinson-Henries, a seamstress, in the City of Monrovia, Republic of Liberia. He became an orphan at the age of sixteen when he lost his mother and father in 1924. He then went to live with his grandmother and two aunts. After much study and hard work, he graduated at the head of his class from the College of West Africa in 1927. Because he had had a difficult time putting himself through high school, he decided not to go to college. However, his aunt, the late Martha Robinson and her husband, the late Henry A. Clements, encouraged him to enroll at Liberia College and promised to help him with his tuition. He went on to college, led his class throughout his college years and graduated in1931 as valedictorian with a B.A. degree in mathematics. Because of his brilliance in mathematics, he was appointed Associate Professor of Mathematics a few months after his graduation from Liberia College, now the University of Liberia. Later, from 1946 to1951, he served the University of Liberia as secretary of the Board of Trustees and, from 1951 to 1980, as president of the Board. At different times, during the years after his graduation, his alma mater conferred upon him the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Civil Laws and Doctor of Humanities.
Two years after he graduated from college, he was employed as chief clerk of the Commonwealth District of Monrovia. Later he was appointed chief clerk of the Treasury Department, making him the second highest official of the Department at that time. In 1938, President Edwin J. Barclay appointed him as Supervisor of Schools for Sinoe and Maryland Counties. In that capacity he traveled throughout eastern Liberia and made many friends wherever he went. He held that position until 1943 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Montserrado County. He served as chairman of the Committee on Education and the Committee on Foreign Affairs until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1951.
Counsellor Henries studied law on his own and was admitted to the Bar in 1933. In 1944 he founded the Henries Law Firm which became one of the leading law firms in Liberia. The firm is still very active in Liberia and has an office in the United States of America. In 1959, he was elected president of the Liberian National Bar Association and served in that position for twenty years. He was also a member of the American Society of International Law. He had a very lucrative law practice which, with incomes from his practice, farms and leased properties, made him financially independent.
He was one of Liberia’s astute politicians. He was a staunch member of the True Whig Party, and became Chairman of the Local True Whig Party of Monrovia in 1944, Party Leader of Montserrado County in 1946, Legal Advisor of the Party in 1950 and, as Speaker, presided over the House of Representatives for twenty-eight and a half years.
At an early age, he embraced the Christian religion and became a member of Providence Baptist Church. He served faithfully in Providence as trustee, superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He contributed liberally to his church in time, energy and finance. As chairman of the Deacon Board he spearheaded the building of the new church on the corner of Ashmun and Center Streets in Monrovia. He always attributed whatever success he achieved to “God first”. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the Liberian Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention. He also contributed very generously to other denominations for the erection of churches, schools and orphanages in Liberia.
In 1937 he married Miss Angie E. Brooks of Virginia, Liberia. This union was dissolved in 1941. A year later, he met Miss A. Doris Banks of Middletown, Connecticut, a Methodist missionary stationed in Barclayville, Maryland County. They were married in 1942. He predeceased her in 1980, and she died the following year in the United States. Both women served Liberia with distinction: Angie E. Brooks as a diplomat and as President of the United Nations General Assembly and the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia; and A. Doris Banks Henries as Dean of the W.V.S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia and Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education.
Richard Henries was Past Master of Oriental Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M.; Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Liberia; Past Master of Excelsior Lodge No. 137, United Brothers of Friendship; Past Noble Father, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Liberia; Past Master of the International Order of Grand Templars of Liberia; and Grand Inspector General of the 33rd Degree, United Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction (U.S.A.). As the 25th Grand Master of Masons of Liberia he laid the cornerstone of the grand masonic temple situated on West Benson Street in Monrovia.
As was required by law, he enlisted in the Militia at the age of sixteen and came up through the ranks to become captain in the First Regiment. Years later he was brevetted as major general of the Armed Forces of Liberia. In recognition of distinguished services rendered to Liberia, he received the following decorations: Distinguished Service Order; Grand Band, Order of the Star of Africa; Great Band, Humane Order of African Redemption; Grand Cordon, Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers. He also was honored with decorations from many foreign nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Republic of China and the Central African Republic.
As an official of Government, he represented Liberia at several international conferences, starting with the organizing conference of the United Nations, in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1945 where he signed the United Nations Charter; the Committee of Jurists on the Reorganization of the International Court of Justice, Washington D.C., 1945; West Africa Educational Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1950; Chairman of the Liberian Delegation to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 1958; Chairman, Liberian Delegation to the Africa Week Program sponsored by the German Bundestag, Bonn, 1961; Representative of President William V. S. Tubman to the independence celebrations of the Republic of Chad, 1962; Chairman, Liberian Goodwill Mission to the Nationalist Republic of China, Taiwan, 1963; Conference on World Peace Through Law and the World Assembly of Judges, Washington, D.C., 1965; the inaugural ceremonies of the new Parliament (Knesset) Building in Jerusalem, Israel,1966; Personal Representative of President W. R. Tolbert, Jr. to the Induction ceremonies of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II at the Vatican, 1978. He was one of Liberia’s best-known statesmen at home and abroad.
After the military coup on April 12, 1980, his life was cut short on April 22, 1980 after being found guilty by a tribunal in which the judges were also prosecutors and jury, no notice was given of the charges against him and no opportunity to be represented by counsel. Simply put the mock trial lacked the basic elements of due process and fairness.
Mourning his loss are his children: George E., Richard A. II, Wynston O., Franklin, Eliza, Martha, Rosina, Emily, Williette, Toye, William, Olive, Iris, Christie, Johnston, Vernon, Ellen, Mary, Gradia, Matilda, Georgia, Elizabeth, Indira, Patsy, Edward, Ralphlyne, Amos and Agnes Henries, (Joseph, Winston J., Etta and Kula Henries died after 1980); daughters-in-law Marjorie P. Henries, Shirley W. Henries, and Mary Henries; sons-in-law, Theodore Wallace, Oliver Gardiner, Edwin Gardiner, Lionel Poneys, Nathaniel Solonteh, Johnson Leamah and Maurice Pennoh; several grand children, great grand children and many foster children, including Jennie M. Neal, Joseph K. Acqui, Dorothy Mah, William Mah, Tommy Henries, and Tommy Vah.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Two years after he graduated from college, he was employed as chief clerk of the Commonwealth District of Monrovia. Later he was appointed chief clerk of the Treasury Department, making him the second highest official of the Department at that time. In 1938, President Edwin J. Barclay appointed him as Supervisor of Schools for Sinoe and Maryland Counties. In that capacity he traveled throughout eastern Liberia and made many friends wherever he went. He held that position until 1943 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Montserrado County. He served as chairman of the Committee on Education and the Committee on Foreign Affairs until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1951.
Counsellor Henries studied law on his own and was admitted to the Bar in 1933. In 1944 he founded the Henries Law Firm which became one of the leading law firms in Liberia. The firm is still very active in Liberia and has an office in the United States of America. In 1959, he was elected president of the Liberian National Bar Association and served in that position for twenty years. He was also a member of the American Society of International Law. He had a very lucrative law practice which, with incomes from his practice, farms and leased properties, made him financially independent.
He was one of Liberia’s astute politicians. He was a staunch member of the True Whig Party, and became Chairman of the Local True Whig Party of Monrovia in 1944, Party Leader of Montserrado County in 1946, Legal Advisor of the Party in 1950 and, as Speaker, presided over the House of Representatives for twenty-eight and a half years.
At an early age, he embraced the Christian religion and became a member of Providence Baptist Church. He served faithfully in Providence as trustee, superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Deacon Board. He contributed liberally to his church in time, energy and finance. As chairman of the Deacon Board he spearheaded the building of the new church on the corner of Ashmun and Center Streets in Monrovia. He always attributed whatever success he achieved to “God first”. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the Liberian Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention. He also contributed very generously to other denominations for the erection of churches, schools and orphanages in Liberia.
In 1937 he married Miss Angie E. Brooks of Virginia, Liberia. This union was dissolved in 1941. A year later, he met Miss A. Doris Banks of Middletown, Connecticut, a Methodist missionary stationed in Barclayville, Maryland County. They were married in 1942. He predeceased her in 1980, and she died the following year in the United States. Both women served Liberia with distinction: Angie E. Brooks as a diplomat and as President of the United Nations General Assembly and the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia; and A. Doris Banks Henries as Dean of the W.V.S. Tubman Teachers College of the University of Liberia and Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education.
Richard Henries was Past Master of Oriental Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M.; Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Liberia; Past Master of Excelsior Lodge No. 137, United Brothers of Friendship; Past Noble Father, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of Liberia; Past Master of the International Order of Grand Templars of Liberia; and Grand Inspector General of the 33rd Degree, United Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction (U.S.A.). As the 25th Grand Master of Masons of Liberia he laid the cornerstone of the grand masonic temple situated on West Benson Street in Monrovia.
As was required by law, he enlisted in the Militia at the age of sixteen and came up through the ranks to become captain in the First Regiment. Years later he was brevetted as major general of the Armed Forces of Liberia. In recognition of distinguished services rendered to Liberia, he received the following decorations: Distinguished Service Order; Grand Band, Order of the Star of Africa; Great Band, Humane Order of African Redemption; Grand Cordon, Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers. He also was honored with decorations from many foreign nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Republic of China and the Central African Republic.
As an official of Government, he represented Liberia at several international conferences, starting with the organizing conference of the United Nations, in San Francisco, U.S.A., in 1945 where he signed the United Nations Charter; the Committee of Jurists on the Reorganization of the International Court of Justice, Washington D.C., 1945; West Africa Educational Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1950; Chairman of the Liberian Delegation to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 1958; Chairman, Liberian Delegation to the Africa Week Program sponsored by the German Bundestag, Bonn, 1961; Representative of President William V. S. Tubman to the independence celebrations of the Republic of Chad, 1962; Chairman, Liberian Goodwill Mission to the Nationalist Republic of China, Taiwan, 1963; Conference on World Peace Through Law and the World Assembly of Judges, Washington, D.C., 1965; the inaugural ceremonies of the new Parliament (Knesset) Building in Jerusalem, Israel,1966; Personal Representative of President W. R. Tolbert, Jr. to the Induction ceremonies of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II at the Vatican, 1978. He was one of Liberia’s best-known statesmen at home and abroad.
After the military coup on April 12, 1980, his life was cut short on April 22, 1980 after being found guilty by a tribunal in which the judges were also prosecutors and jury, no notice was given of the charges against him and no opportunity to be represented by counsel. Simply put the mock trial lacked the basic elements of due process and fairness.
Mourning his loss are his children: George E., Richard A. II, Wynston O., Franklin, Eliza, Martha, Rosina, Emily, Williette, Toye, William, Olive, Iris, Christie, Johnston, Vernon, Ellen, Mary, Gradia, Matilda, Georgia, Elizabeth, Indira, Patsy, Edward, Ralphlyne, Amos and Agnes Henries, (Joseph, Winston J., Etta and Kula Henries died after 1980); daughters-in-law Marjorie P. Henries, Shirley W. Henries, and Mary Henries; sons-in-law, Theodore Wallace, Oliver Gardiner, Edwin Gardiner, Lionel Poneys, Nathaniel Solonteh, Johnson Leamah and Maurice Pennoh; several grand children, great grand children and many foster children, including Jennie M. Neal, Joseph K. Acqui, Dorothy Mah, William Mah, Tommy Henries, and Tommy Vah.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
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