Claude Mayo Erwin

Background

Erwin, Claude Mayo was born on August 31, 1906 in Newport, Arkansas, United States. Son of Claude Mayo and Elizabeth (Watson) Erwin.

Education

Student Hendrix College, 1924-1925, U. Arkansas, 1925-1927. Graduate Arkansas Law School, 1931.

Career

Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1930. Practice in Newport, 1932-1972. Prosecuting attorney 3d Judicial Circuit Arkansas, 1937-1940.

County and juvenile judge Jackson County, 1944.

City attorney, Newport, 1961-1963. President Erwin, Incorporated., Ozark Corporation.

Director Zenith Seed Company, Incorporated. President Newport Public library association.

Trustee Remmel Playground Park Association.

Achievements

• Claude Mayo Erwin has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Arkansas, Newport (past president), 8th Chancery (past president) bar associations, American Trial Lawyers Association, Sigma Nu. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).

Connections

Married Mildred Sloan, June 24, 1936. Children: Claude Mayo III, Harold Sloan.