Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
NameMAYHALL, Clarence LeRoy “Judge Roy” 
, 2nd Cousin
, 2nd CousinBirth Date28 Apr 1901
Birth PlaceHaleyville, Winston County, Alabama
Death Date11 Mar 1984 Age: 82
Death PlaceJasper, Winston County, Alabama
FatherMAYHALL, Wesley Vowell (1872-1930)
MotherWILLIAMS, Mary Gilberta (1872-1951)
Misc. Notes
Judge Roy graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1923 and later served as an Alabama state representative.
DECEMBER 7, 1963 -- Judge Roy Mayhall, the state Democratic Party chairman, said he had no intentions of resigning after he said Alabama "shares the blame" for President Kennedy's assassination by "making it fashionable to hate."
There had been a growing chorus for him to resign. Mayhall took "the Martin Luther King line" and should be fired, said district part member J. Scott of Opelika.
Obit
"Judge Roy" Mayhall was a member of the Alabama House (1939-1943), Judge of 14th Circuit Court (Jasper, 1943-1966), Member of the Democratic Party Executive Committee (for 26 years), Executive Chair of the Democratic Party Committee (1955-66), Supernumary Judge in Madison, Etowah, Mobile counties, and other locations throughout Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama Delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, and several times an elector for the state of Alabama.
He married Louise Alcott Roberson (1902-1987) on 3 Sep 1922 in Haleyville, Alabama. They had three children: Doris Ruth, Travis Earl, and Reba.”
The Gadsden Times,
13 March 1984, p. 2
Former Jasper judge dies
Jasper (AP) __ Former Circuit Judge Roy Mayhall of Jasper died Sunday at local health care facility. He was 82.
Mayhall was a circuit judge in Walker County for 22 years and served many years as a supernumerary judge.
His funeral was scheduled at 11 a.m. today at the Jasper First Baptist Church, with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mayhall completed law school at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1923 and established a law practice in his hometown of Haleyville.
While practicing law in Haleyville, Mayhall became the first Democrat elected to the Alabama House of Representatives from Winston County, primarily a Republican County since the Civil War.
Mayhall was appointed circuit judge in Walker County in 1943 and moved to Jasper. He retired in 1965 and served as a supernumerary judge for eigh years in Mobile, five years in Huntsville and one year in Gadsden.
He served on the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee for some 36 years and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960.”
DECEMBER 7, 1963 -- Judge Roy Mayhall, the state Democratic Party chairman, said he had no intentions of resigning after he said Alabama "shares the blame" for President Kennedy's assassination by "making it fashionable to hate."
There had been a growing chorus for him to resign. Mayhall took "the Martin Luther King line" and should be fired, said district part member J. Scott of Opelika.
Obit
"Judge Roy" Mayhall was a member of the Alabama House (1939-1943), Judge of 14th Circuit Court (Jasper, 1943-1966), Member of the Democratic Party Executive Committee (for 26 years), Executive Chair of the Democratic Party Committee (1955-66), Supernumary Judge in Madison, Etowah, Mobile counties, and other locations throughout Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama Delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, and several times an elector for the state of Alabama.
He married Louise Alcott Roberson (1902-1987) on 3 Sep 1922 in Haleyville, Alabama. They had three children: Doris Ruth, Travis Earl, and Reba.”
The Gadsden Times,
13 March 1984, p. 2
Former Jasper judge dies
Jasper (AP) __ Former Circuit Judge Roy Mayhall of Jasper died Sunday at local health care facility. He was 82.
Mayhall was a circuit judge in Walker County for 22 years and served many years as a supernumerary judge.
His funeral was scheduled at 11 a.m. today at the Jasper First Baptist Church, with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mayhall completed law school at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1923 and established a law practice in his hometown of Haleyville.
While practicing law in Haleyville, Mayhall became the first Democrat elected to the Alabama House of Representatives from Winston County, primarily a Republican County since the Civil War.
Mayhall was appointed circuit judge in Walker County in 1943 and moved to Jasper. He retired in 1965 and served as a supernumerary judge for eigh years in Mobile, five years in Huntsville and one year in Gadsden.
He served on the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee for some 36 years and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960.”
Spouses
Birth Date4 Aug 1902
Birth PlaceMount Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama
Death Date21 Dec 1987 Age: 85
Death PlaceJasper, Winston County, Alabama
Marr Date3 Sep 1922
Marr PlaceHaleyville, Winston County, Alabama