Wednesday, February 2, 2022

REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND: STAPLETON REMEMBERS LARRY

By Edward A. Stapleton The Cameron County Bar Association

February 2, 2022 Updates

In Memoriam- Mr. Larry Warner

The Board is saddened to report that Mr. Larry Warner passed away on February 1, 2022. Our thanks to Mr. Ed Stapleton for the following words and goodbye to his colleague and friend.

“Larry Warner loved the law. He revered the law. He thought the law worked. (I would say more than the law deserves.) His identity was built around being a lawyer. The law did not always reciprocate his feelings, but he always forgave her and returned to the romance.

He practiced law for more than 47 years, much in private practice, writing and arguing appeals and defending criminal cases. He also worked as a prosecutor and served as a Texas State Representative and School Board Member, though he was too honest and naïve to get rich in any of these.

He taught Latin before he went to law school, and he sometimes wondered about the career choice. He was a marksman with a pistol, a coin collector and a ham radio operator.

He scuba dived until his life insurance policy wouldn’t cover it. He also loved languages and enjoyed explaining the pluscuamperfecto in Spanish and the rules for making a vocative in Latin. I, for one, enjoyed listening to all this, though I know others would get impatient. If you couldn’t remember the historical person who made a famous quote, he could tell you.

He was also my go to guy for obscure legal principles when my memory fails me. “Hey, Larry, what are the enumerated crimes in the Constitution? Who has jurisdiction in this admiralty case? Who can request a severance under the Code? What are the standards for incompetence to stand trial? What happens when the legislature passes conflicting laws in the same session?”

For forty years, he was an exasperating friend, but a good friend. My hunch from watching and talking to him for forty years is he was also an exasperating, but good, husband, brother, father, and grandfather. At the end of the day, (we watched the twilight coming together), he loved too well – the law and his friends. And that’s enough for one life.”

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was nice! RIP!

Anonymous said...

Remember ese pendejo who was always crying about South Padre Island not following the lockdowns, and then hiding in his urine stained cardboard closet, all afraid with his stupid double masks on! Como chingo la madre con eso! Now a study from John Hopkins says that the fuking lockdowns had no effect in lowering the deaths or spread of covid-19. I hope all you pinche obedient vaccinated government vacas enjoy your soon to come health issues, por pendejos! Hahahaha!


Anonymous said...

Everyone has at least one good friend.

Anonymous said...

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott flummoxed by cold freeze slamming Texas.

He doesn't know what to do.

He doesn't know what to do!


Anonymous said...

The very first one to take the shot was ese idiota trash can diver but for some reason it didn't work, el pobresito is in a hospital en tijuana no tiene vergueza pinche IDIOTA Debería darte vergüenza GUEY!!

Anonymous said...

February 2, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Remember que pinche guey. trash can diver racist republican IDIOTA

Anonymous said...

y Lupe y Rocha they were anxious to help the local youth in any way possible, specially in the sport of baseball.
NO REQUIEM FOR THEM.

Anonymous said...

Rest in Peace Mr. Warner and condolences to his family. un amigo

Anonymous said...

Donate the whore house to the homeless organization do something right for a change. They need more space DO IT! Maybe the attorneys can help and name the whore house!

Anonymous said...

Vaya con Dios Amigo, rest in peace, condolences to his wife and family.

Anonymous said...

February 2, 2022 at 11:11 PM

I D I O T A !

Anonymous said...

@9:15

PINCHE DINGLEBERRY!

Anonymous said...

February 7, 2022 at 11:45 PM pinche cranberry:

Dangleberry is a ericaceous flower and “dingleberry is a southern mountain flower, pinche hillbilly idiota.

Now cranberry a arando, a bearberry is more like you, stupid hillbilly (a stupid person) an idiot a moron (a piece of faeces) a dag. ERES UN PENDEJO...

rita