GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1308

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Sponsors: Senator Block.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.

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May 15, 1989

A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF ADDISON HEWLETT, JR., A FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., was born at Masonboro Sound near Wilmington, North Carolina, where his family had resided for more than seven generations,  on May 4, 1912, the son of Addison Hewlett, Sr., and administrator and farmer from Masonboro Sound and Ethel Lucas Herring, a teacher from Pender County; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., was educated in the public schools of New Hanover County, attending Masonboro Elementary School and New Hanover High School before attending Wake Forest College and being graduated from Wake Forest Law School in 1934; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., returned to Wilmington where he entered into the practice of law in 1934; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., met, wooed, and married Annie Crockett Williams on June 19, 1939, the family being completed with the birth of a son, Theodore Herring Hewlett; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., entered the service of his country in 1942, starting his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a private in 1942 and separating from service as a Captain in 1946 after receiving the air medal for 22 missions flown over enemy territory and returning to the practice of law in Wilmington; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., returned to Masonboro Sound where he followed his father, who had been a New Hanover County Commissioner for 36 years, 32 as chairman of the board, entering politics and a life of public service; and
	Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., served his profession as President of the New Hanover County Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., served his State as a member of the General Assembly serving in the 1951, 1953, 1955, and 1957 Sessions before capping his membership in the General Assembly by serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 1959 Session; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., was instrumental in improving the higher education of this State, serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest College, Campbell College, and Wilmington College; he pushed in the General Assembly for measures that transformed Wilmington College into the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he received the first honorary Doctorate awarded by UNC-W in 1971 and then served as a Trustee from 1973 to 1985; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., considered a run for Governor in 1960 and after announcing his decision not to seek that office, he was convinced by a public outpouring to run for United States Senator but was defeated by Senator B. Everett Jordan in the primary election; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., also served on the North Carolina Board of Higher Education and as Chairman of the Marine Science Council; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., was a deacon of the Masonboro Baptist Church which his great-grandfather founded more than 100 years ago; and
Whereas, Addison Hewlett, Jr., died  after a life of distinction and public service, on February 5, 1989;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
Section 1.  The General Assembly of North Carolina honors the memory of Addison Hewlett, Jr., a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and expresses the deep gratitude and appreciation of the State and its citizens for his life and service.
Sec. 2.  The General Assembly of North Carolina expresses its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Addison Hewlett, Jr. for the loss of their loved one and friend.
Sec. 3.  The Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the family of Addison Hewlett, Jr.
Sec. 4.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.