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HUGO L. BLACK Jr.

Alexandria, Virginia

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 HUGO L. BLACK, JR.  Passed away peacefully on Monday, July 22, 2013, in his home in Pinecrest, Florida. Hugo, the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, was born on April 19, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated with an A.B. from the University of Alabama and received an...

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felice and I enjoyed having hugo as A CLOSE NEIGHBOR FOR MANY DECADES I ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIM AND HIS FATHER. THE ESTEEMED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SOON AFTER HUGO JR MOVED HERE FROM ALABAMA GRAHAM AND THE THREE CHILDREN GREW UP WITH OUR CHILDREN AND WERE WONERFUL FRIENDS HUGO HELPED ME WIT MANY OF OUR SUCCESFUL CAMPAIGNS FOR CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURT JUDGES IN MIAMI-DADE HE WAS A WONERFUL HUSBAND FATHER SON AND NEIGHBOR

Dear Mrs. Black and Margaret,
I was honored to have known Hugo and to have handled several cases with him. I was introduced to him by my late Father, Ely who was Hugo's longtime friend and colleague. There are so very few lawyers that I have met and worked with who had such a profound influence on me as did Hugo --he was the very finest in terms of his insight, intellect, wit and integrity and I know that all who knew him personally and professionally will so remember and miss him. My...

Dear Elizabeth and Margaret,
The Hoeveler family sends its heartfelt condolences for the loss of your beloved father. He was a respected jurist, a lovely gentleman, and a pillar of Miami's legal community. He will be remembered with pride and love by all who knew him.

Please accept my condolences. It is never easy to deal with grief but here is a comfort and help for you. First know that God cares and he does not cause the grief as God is never the reason for the pains to us. (JAMES 1:13) Also know that our loving Creator has a plan to erase this pain of death and allow the dead to be restored to life. (JOHN 5:25)

Dear Libby my deepest sympathy to you and your family I know how proud you were of your father and how much you loved him. Thinking of you at this sad time. Ann Bowerman Waihi New Zealand

Dear Libby and Margaret, I am so sorry for your loss in your father's passing. I will always remember the wonderful get togethers that our families had together. He was such a great friend, mentor and host and also I might add a great steak griller too! My family, children and I will miss your dad and will always have memories of him. Love, Julie

Dear Libby and Margaret and all in your families,
It was with great sadness that I learned this morning of your father's passing; I have been out of town, and just returned, and I am so very sorry to have read this.
Please accept my warmest and most sincere condolence and sympathy to you all. Your father was a great man and lawyer, and I shall always remember his wonderful sense of humor, and his winning personality.
We have all lost a great friend.
Sincerely,
Janet S. Wright