in 1983 and was survived by his wife and daughters. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Nottoway County. After his death, it was revealed that he was a member of the Secret Seven Society, devoted to performing anonymous good deeds. His papers beginning in 1941 are held by the Special Collections division of the University of Virginia Library. References 1909 births 1983 deaths Virginia lawyers University of Virginia alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni People from Blackstone, Virginia 20th-century American lawyers