Henry Neill Segrest, 75 died while in his law office in Tuskegee on Monday April 15, 1974. He is survived by his wife Florida Douglass Broward Segrest, five sons Henry Neill Segrest, Jr (Beth) of Commerce, GA , Douglas Broward Segrest (Joan) of Montgomery, AL, Donald Hutchison Segrest of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Allan Duncan Segrest (Janice) of Charleston, SC , Stephen Graham Segrest (Dianne) of Montgomery, one sister Mrs. Claude E. "Grace" Gibson of Franklin, AL, two brothers DM "Mack" Segrest (Louette) of Tuskegee, Richard Ray Segrest of Franklin, AL, daughter in law Jude Cameron Segrest and seventeen grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents Nora Alice Bryant Segrest and Daniel McCaskill Segrest, five brothers John Worth Segrest, James Hoyt Segrest, an infant brother, William Bryant Segrest, Robert Louis Segrest, one sister Annie Frances Segrest and her mother and his stepmother Ada Miller Segrest.
The service will be at Tuskegee Presbyterian Church where Henry Neill was an Elder with graveside services at Drakeford Cemetery, known as Tuskegee Cemetery. His family will receive friends and relatives at home on Gautier Avenue. Active Pallbearers will be Houston Smith, Jr., Kyle Freeman, W. M. Russell, Jr., Dudley Perry, Harvey D. Segrest, Olin McGhar, Herbert M. Huie. Honorary pallbearers will be Allan Parker, Henry Lee McGhar, J. G. Rea, members of the Macon County Bar Association, Elders and Deacons Tuskegee Presbyterian Church, and Members of John Fletcher Walters Post No. 93.
Growing up in Macon County Alabama where his family settled in the 1850's there were many Segrest's. He graduated from the University of Alabama and the Law School there. He served in the US Army during World War I. He practiced law in Birmingham and then set up practice in Tuskegee. He got up at sunrise and farmed which enabled him to give his legal services to those that were unable to pay.
Segrest served as the lawyer for Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and was on the Board of Trustees for many years. He was well known as advocating for civil rights over many decades as a lawyer, a Christian, and a community leader against deep opposition. He was later featured in books, a tv movie Reaping the Whirlwind, and during national tv coverage during the integration of the Tuskegee Public Schools. Recently he has been included in The Tuskegee Civil Rights Museum. He served in the state legislature and brought in over a billion dollars of monies to serve the Veterans residing in the state of Alabama through his great persuasion.
He and his wife Florida were honored by the American Legion. He is deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
Henry Neill Segrest, 75 died while in his law office in Tuskegee on Monday April 15, 1974. He is survived by his wife Florida Douglass Broward Segrest, five sons Henry Neill Segrest, Jr (Beth) of Commerce, GA , Douglas Broward Segrest (Joan) of Montgomery, AL, Donald Hutchison Segrest of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Allan Duncan Segrest (Janice) of Charleston, SC , Stephen Graham Segrest (Dianne) of Montgomery, one sister Mrs. Claude E. "Grace" Gibson of Franklin, AL, two brothers DM "Mack" Segrest (Louette) of Tuskegee, Richard Ray Segrest of Franklin, AL, daughter in law Jude Cameron Segrest and seventeen grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents Nora Alice Bryant Segrest and Daniel McCaskill Segrest, five brothers John Worth Segrest, James Hoyt Segrest, an infant brother, William Bryant Segrest, Robert Louis Segrest, one sister Annie Frances Segrest and her mother and his stepmother Ada Miller Segrest.
The service will be at Tuskegee Presbyterian Church where Henry Neill was an Elder with graveside services at Drakeford Cemetery, known as Tuskegee Cemetery. His family will receive friends and relatives at home on Gautier Avenue. Active Pallbearers will be Houston Smith, Jr., Kyle Freeman, W. M. Russell, Jr., Dudley Perry, Harvey D. Segrest, Olin McGhar, Herbert M. Huie. Honorary pallbearers will be Allan Parker, Henry Lee McGhar, J. G. Rea, members of the Macon County Bar Association, Elders and Deacons Tuskegee Presbyterian Church, and Members of John Fletcher Walters Post No. 93.
Growing up in Macon County Alabama where his family settled in the 1850's there were many Segrest's. He graduated from the University of Alabama and the Law School there. He served in the US Army during World War I. He practiced law in Birmingham and then set up practice in Tuskegee. He got up at sunrise and farmed which enabled him to give his legal services to those that were unable to pay.
Segrest served as the lawyer for Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and was on the Board of Trustees for many years. He was well known as advocating for civil rights over many decades as a lawyer, a Christian, and a community leader against deep opposition. He was later featured in books, a tv movie Reaping the Whirlwind, and during national tv coverage during the integration of the Tuskegee Public Schools. Recently he has been included in The Tuskegee Civil Rights Museum. He served in the state legislature and brought in over a billion dollars of monies to serve the Veterans residing in the state of Alabama through his great persuasion.
He and his wife Florida were honored by the American Legion. He is deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
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