JAMES H. MALONE Oct. 31, 1851 - June 29, 1929     THE 35TH MAYOR OF MEMPHIS, 1906-1910. AUTHOR OF "THE CHICKASAW NATION". HE SHARED A LEGAL OFFICE ON THE 11TH FLOOR OF THE EXCHANGE BUILDING, OVERLOOKING COURT SQUARE, WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WALTER AMLONE, JUDGE OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY. WALTER WAS A WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS POEM "OPPORTUNITY".     MAYOR MALONE SAID, "MY GREATEST REGRET IN LEAVING THIS OFFICE IS THE PLEASURE I HAD IN WATCHING THE PIGEONS AND SQUIRRELS IN THIS SQUARE. I AM GLAD I HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE FED DAILY." THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED BY ALBA R. MALNOE 1991 |