marriages. Whitfield retired from the court on January 4, 1943, due to declining health. Personal life Whitfield married Leila Nash on November 25, 1886. Nash died from complications following the birth of their first child, John Nash, in 1897. Whitfield later married Margaret Hayward Randolph on June 12, 1901. They had five children together, Mary Croom, James Bryan Jr., Julia, Margaret, and Randolph. Death and legacy Whitfield died on August 20, 1948 at his home in Tallahassee, Florida. He is buried in Tallahassee's Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery. In 1945, Whitfield received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Florida. The University of Florida also has a scholarship in his memory, the Judge James Bryan Whitfield Constitutional Law Scholarship. References External links People from Wayne County, North Carolina Justices of the Florida Supreme Court State Treasurers of Florida Florida Attorneys General 1860 births 1948 deaths Whitfield family People from Tallahassee, Florida Florida State University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Florida Democrats