The Oklahoma Bar Journal March 2024

R. Thomas Seymour of Tulsa died May 27, 2023. He was born July 13, 1942, in Tulsa. He graduated from Harvard University and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1967. Mr. Seymour joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam . He practiced in the areas of civil rights, securities and business litigation and criminal defense. He served on the Tulsa Opera board for several years, during which he served as presi dent and founded the President’s Council. He also was on the board of All Souls Unitarian Church and served for a period as president. Mr. Seymour also wrote a book about his experiences in Vietnam. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

P aul Gordon Summars of Oklahoma City died Jan. 11. He was born Oct. 13, 1957, in Beaver. He attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University and transferred to OU, where he earned a bachelor’s degree with distinc tion in business administration in 1979. Mr. Summars received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1982. He was a member of the Blue Lakes Baptist Church and was involved in the South Oklahoma City Lawyers Association and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. He practiced at the Oklahoma City firm of Summars & Associates Law. Memorial contri butions may be made to the OU Foundation for the College of Law General Scholarship Fund, Blue Lakes Baptist Church, Oklahoma Foundation Quarter Horse Registry or a charity of your choice.

C laude S. Woody Jr. of Edmond died Jan. 14. He was born Dec. 24, 1932, in Oklahoma City. He joined the U.S. Army after a year at OU and retired at the end of the Korean War. He returned to OU and earned a bachelor’s degree in business and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1959. He practiced law for 20 years, opening his own prac tice in 1966. Mr. Woody attended the Art Students League of New York workshops and won several awards for his art, which led him to begin a career painting portraits. His work – which included por traits of Supreme Court justices, governors and prominent figures across the nation – is displayed in the Oklahoma Heritage Museum, among other places. In 1984, he took over the management of the Woody Candy Co., his family’s business and Oklahoma’s oldest candy manufacturer. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Humane Society.

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THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL