Généalogie Wylie » James Boyce Pressly Jr. [P ObFdgqggMmBu] (1946-2004)

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1. Newsbank.com

   State, The (Columbia, SC) - August 17, 2004
   
   Deceased Name: James Pressly Jr.
   
   
   GREENVILLE - James Boyce Pressly , Jr., attorney with Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A., of Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, and Florence, died Sunday, August 15, 2004, in Greenville, South Carolina. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1946, he was the son of Dr. and Mrs. James Boyce Pressly .
   Mr. Pressly graduated from Christ School, Arden, North Carolina in 1964. He then received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1968, and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1971. After serving as clerk to the Hon. Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Chief Judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971-72, he began his practice with the law firm of Haynsworth, Marion, McKay and Guerard, now Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., where he was still in practice. He practiced in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, and the courts of South Carolina. Mr. Pressly was a member of the SC Bar, Greenville County Bar, and SC Defense Trial Lawyers Association. He was also a Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Member, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation; Member, South Carolina Supreme Court, Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline; Member, Client Security Fund of the South Carolina Bar; and Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, positions reserved for those attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the litigation field and are dedicated to maintaining and improving standards of trial practice and the ethics of the profession.
   Having practiced in the area of toxic tort and products liability for over 30 years, Mr. Pressly was a recognized leader in the field. In addition to representing various defendants in asbestos litigation, he also served as the national coordinating counsel for a large construction company in over 1,000 cases nationwide dealing with alleged exposure to asbestos. In this role, he headed the team which coordinated various aspects of the litigation nationwide. He tried toxic tort cases in state and federal courts in ten states and the Virgin Islands. In addition, he was a frequent lecturer on toxic tort issues for Defense Research Institute and other national groups.
   Mr. Pressly was actively involved in various community, religious, and educational organizations. He served as Special Gifts Chairman while on the board of the United Way of Greenville. In addition, he served the community as a member of the Board of Directors of the following organizations: Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Arts Council, YMCA Metropolitan, Goodwill Industries, Theatre on the Green, Roper Mountain Science Center, Family Counseling, and Opportunity Greenville. He was recently appointed to the Foundation Board of the South Carolina Governor's School and was incoming vice-president of The Cotillion Club of Greenville.
   A life long Episcopalian, he was not only an active parishioner of Christ Church, but also was greatly involved in the development of Christ Church Episcopal School. He served terms on the vestry at Christ Church and also was a past chairman of the school board of CCES. At the time of his death, he was a member of the CCES School Board of Visitors.
   Governor Riley appointed Mr. Pressly to serve on the Teacher Incentive Pay Advisory Committee and Governor Campbell appointed him to be a member of the Committee of Education Improvement. Mr. Pressly also served as a member of the board of Directors of the Alliance for Quality Education in South Carolina.
   Mr. Pressly is survived by his daughter, Mary Earle Pressly , MD, and his son, James Boyce Pressly , III; his mother, Florence Gillem Pressly ; his brother, Jennings Gillem Pressly , MD, and wife Anna Dunson Pressly ; sisters Adele Pressly Snyder and Susan Pressly Lephart, PhD, and their spouses Howard Snyder, MD and Scott Lephart, PhD, as well as by nieces Anna Truitt Pressly Helms, Catherine Cummings Pressly , Elizabeth Jennings Pressly , and Florence Adele Snyder, and nephews, Jennings Hudnell Snyder, Robert Welles Snyder, and Boyce Pressly Snyder.
   Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 1 P.M. at Christ Church Episcopal, Greenville. Private interment will follow.
   Memorials may be made to Christ Church Episcopal or to Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, SC.
   The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive
   
   State, The (Columbia, SC)
   Date: August 17, 2004
   Edition: FINAL
   Page: B4
   Record Number: 0408170153
   Copyright (c) 2004 The State

2. Obituaries, via http://law.sc.edu/memory/2005/presslyjb_...

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   James B. Pressly, Jr. (1946–2004)
   Jim Pressly was born on July 3, 1946 and died on August 15, 2004. After graduating from Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, he attended Vanderbilt University and received a B.A. degree in 1968; he then went to the University of South Carolina School of Law where he served on Law Review and received his J.D. in 1971. Upon graduation from law school, he became a clerk with the Honorable Clement Haynsworth, who was then Chief Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He served two years and then commenced the practice of law with the firm of Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion and Johnstone, currently Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., where he was practicing at the time of his death.
   
   Mr. Pressly was admitted as a Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1994 and was State Chair for South Carolina in 2002 and 2003. He practiced in the area of toxic torts and products liability for a period of over thirty years. He tried toxic tort cases in state and federal courts in approximately ten states and the Virgin Islands. He was a frequent lecturer on toxic tort issues for the Defense Research Institute.
   
   Mr. Pressly was very supportive of education. Governor Riley appointed him to serve on the Teaching Incentive Pay Advisory Committee and Governor Campbell appointed him as a member of the Committee of Education Improvement. He was Chairman of the School Board of Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina.
   
   He is survived by his mother and his daughter, Mary Earle Pressly Garrison, M.D., and his son James Boyce Pressly Ⅲ. Mary Earle Pressly Garrison is a pediatrician in Concord, North Carolina and James Pressly Ⅲ is at the University of Virginia doing graduate work in architecture.

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• Jour de naissance 3 juillet 1946
• Jour du décès 15 août 2004

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