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WILLIE GARY
Famed attorney to speak Sunday at special service
Attorney Willie Gary will speak at 2:30-p.JJl. Sundq during a baccalaureate service at First Missionary Baptist Church in Smithfield.
Mr. Gary graduated from Shaw University in 1911 and went on to earn a law degree from the N.C. Central University. Today, he is one of the nation's leading personal-injury lawyers, gaining national attention for a $500 million settlement in a Mississippi case.
He and his wife donated $10 million to Shaw University "Wings for the Future" capital campaign. The school honot;ed him by naming its student union building after him.
ABC News has named him "Person of the Week." Also, he has been featured on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and has appeared on "Oprah."
Publications such as Ebony and People magazines, The New York Times, and the Boston Globe have run profiles on him.
The service will honor AfricanAmerican graduates, past and present, including a processional of 1940-1969 alumni from Johnston Central High School and 1996 graduates. .