Edwin F. Flowers (April 26, 1930 – January 27, 2022) was an American lawyer, civil servant, and judge. He served as a justice of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from September 8, 1975 to December 31, 1976.
Flowers was born in
New Cumberland, West Virginia, on April 26, 1920. He graduated from
West Virginia University in 1952 and then earned a law degree there in 1954. He served in the US Air Force as a
Judge Advocate from 1954-6, and then went into private practice in his home county of
Hancock, West Virginia. A
Republican, Flowers served as Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Welfare 1969-75, and was then appointed by governor
Arch A. Moore
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virgi ...
to the West Virginia Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of
James Marshall Sprouse
James Marshall Sprouse (December 3, 1923 – July 3, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Education and career
He was born in Williamson, West Virginia and graduated from Williams ...
. In a Democrat-dominated state, Republican Flowers was not elected to a full term in 1976.
After serving as a federal bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of West Virginia, Flowers served as Vice-President of Institutional Advancement at West Virginia University from 1983 to 1997.
From 2009 to 2012 Flowers served as a commissioner of Volunteer West Virginia, the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service.
Flowers and his wife, Eleanor, lived in
Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The largest city in North-Central West Virginia, Morgantown is best known as th ...
. He died on January 27, 2022, at the age of 91.
Works
* ''A complete guide to the higher education laws of West Virginia: Selected statutes, comments, and materials'', 1998
* ''2000 Supplement to Higher Education Laws of West Virginia'', 2000
* ''State Auditor's Handbook for West Virginia Licensing Boards: Draft'', 2000
* ''Computer Smarts for Grandparents'', 2000
* ''To: Adam and Katie - Nice Things Said About Your Grandpa (Excerpts of tribute letters and news clips)'', 2015
References
1930 births
2022 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
People from New Cumberland, West Virginia
Military personnel from West Virginia
West Virginia University alumni
West Virginia University College of Law alumni
West Virginia University faculty
Writers from West Virginia
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