The Oklahoma Bar Journal December 2022

I n M emoriam

S hawn Joseph Adkison of Shawnee died Oct. 24. He was born July 12, 1972. Mr. Adkison graduated from Shawnee High School, attended St. Gregory’s University and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. He was a successful attorney in Oklahoma City and Shawnee for many years. J ohn N. Brewer of Pauls Valley died Sept. 11. He was born Jan. 15, 1944. After graduating from Pauls Valley High School in 1962, he attended OU and earned his master’s degree in 1967. Mr. Brewer served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1974 and practiced law in Oklahoma City. He was a devoted member of the First Christian Church of Pauls Valley and an active supporter and leader of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Memorial contributions may be made to NAMI of Greater Oklahoma City. J erry S. Duncan of Oklahoma City died Oct. 1. He was born Dec. 23, 1936, in Shawnee. Mr. Duncan attended Britton Elementary School and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1955. He received his bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from OU in 1959 and his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1962. He practiced law for over 40 years in Oklahoma and Tennessee and was a founding member of the John Marshall Foundation. Mr. Duncan enjoyed teaching and was a mentor to young lawyers as well as an adjunct professor at Tennessee Tech University. He also completed many hours of

M artha Elaine Hirst of She was born April 27, 1943, in Oklahoma City. Ms. Hirst attended OU, where she played tennis, performed water ballet and was voted Outstanding Freshman Coed. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1970. Ms. Hirst began her legal career with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office and started a private practice in the early ‘80s. In 1993, she moved to New York and joined the New York City Law Department, one of the oldest law offices in the world and ranking among the top three largest pub lic law offices in the country. She was recognized by her tort special litigation unit division chief for exceptional performance. C harles Lewis Hunnicutt of Oklahoma City died Oct. 14. He was born June 12, 1938, in Sulphur. Mr. Hunnicutt worked at Tinker Air Force Base while attending OU and later Central State College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history. Upon receiving his J.D. from the OCU School of Law, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served state side as a captain and judge advo cate general during the Vietnam War. Mr. Hunnicutt had a long and distinguished legal career in the aeronautical industry, working for Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter). His work took him all over the world, including Saudi Arabia, Algiers, Argentina and South Korea; but in 2001, he retired to Oklahoma City. There, he devoted much of his time to service, volunteering with the Small Business Administration’s SCORE program and Legal Aid Oklahoma City died Oct. 11.

pro bono work. Memorial contri butions may be made to the John Marshall Foundation. B ill J. English of Rush Springs died Oct. 18. He was born Nov. 12, 1946, in Duncan. Mr. English enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968 and was active during the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. He was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Commendation Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. In 1976, he received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. He was an asso ciate professor of political science at OU and a visiting professor for the criminal justice program at the University of Central Oklahoma. Mr. English spent 30 years prac ticing law and was an associate judge from 1997 until 2002. He was a member of the Rush Springs Lions Club. F rederick J. Hansen of Wichita, Kansas, died Nov. 4. He was born Aug. 30, 1931, in Brayton, Iowa. Having taken four years of reserve officers’ training while attending the University of Iowa, he was called to active duty with the U.S. Air Force for two years following his graduation. Mr. Hansen received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1961. That same year, he moved to Wichita and began his legal career at Koch, then known as Rock Island Oil & Refining Co., where he worked until his retire ment in 1988. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Wichita Genealogical Society, the Danish American Archive & Library or Fern’s Place Home Plus.

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