Show DEATH SUMMONS LAMAR associate justice of supreme court succumbs after long illness washington joseph rucker la mar associate justice of the supreme court of the united states died at his home here sunday night after an aass of several months he was 68 years old and had been on the supreme bench five years the immediate cause of death was gradual heart failure hastened by in flam mation of one of the lungs which had threatened to develop into associate justice joseph rucker lamar had the distinction of being one of the few members of the court appointed by a president of opposite political faith president tatt appointed him in with only two precedents tor such acton those of justice jack bog and justice jamr was born in puckers ralle elbert county ga october 14 1857 lie attended the university of georgia and later bethany college where he was graduated in 1877 he attended the law school at washing ton and lee university and was ad to the bar at augusta ga in 1878 he lived at augusta until appointed to the supreme court bench in the practice ot the law he largely represented railroads and other big corporations and yet in the day of antipathy to corporation lawyers his integrity was BO highly regarded that the senate without delay confirmed wa |