Obituary of Robert Winston Huddleston, Elmore, Alabama

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                        THE WETUMPKA HERALD
                 Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama
                            October 09, 1969
           R. W. HUDDLESTON DIES AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS

     Robert Winston Huddleston, a resident of Montgomery and a former 
resident of Wetumpka, died Friday in a Montgomery hospital after an 
extended illness.
     Mr. Huddleston was born February 27, 1900, the son of the late Dr. and 
Mrs. R. L. Huddleston of Speigner.
     He attended Barnes School for Boys in Montgomery; Marion Institute, and 
the University of Alabama, where he received a degree in law and was 
president of his class, later forming the  law firm, Huddleston, Glover & 
Jones.	  He was elected Circuit Solicitor (District Attorney) for Elmore, 
Autauga and Chilton counties in 1923, and began serving as Solicitor for 
these three counties and served continuously through 1954, or for seven 
terms.  On December 30,m 1954, he was appointed supernumerary Circuit 
Solicitor by Governor Gordon Persons.  He also served as special assistant 
Attorney General, serving under John Patterson, McDonald Gallion, and 
Richard Flowers.
     Huddleston received nationwide attention on several cases including the 
murder investigation of Albert of Phenix City.  He was know throughout the 
Alabama bar as one of the most colorful attorneys of his day.  He was a 
Mason, veteran, and a member of the St. James Methodist Church of 
Montgomery.
     Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Annette R. Huddleston, Montgomery, a 
son, Ted W. Huddleston, Montgomery; a daughter, Mrs. Annie King, 
Anniston; a sister, Mrs. Roberta Butterfield, Pascagoula, Miss, and three 
grandchildren, Everette King, Paula King, and Suzanne King, Anniston.
     Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Campbell Funeral Chapel 
with the Rev. Clifford Abbott and the Rev. Fred Fuller officiating.  Burial was 
in Wetumpka City Cemetery.
     Active pallbearers were McDonald Gallion, John G. Bookout, U. G. Jones, 
Geo. P. Howard, James T. Roy, and Bill Bradley.
     Honorary pallbearers were Chief Justice J. Ed Livingston, Judge Richard 
T. Reeves, Judge Joe Macon, John Patterson, Robert Milner, Charles G. 
Reynolds, Dr. W. A. Edwards, Judge Arthur Glover, and attorneys in the 
Attorney General's office.

(Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)