Funeral arrangements announced: Retired Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge Carl J. Character is dead at 88, and was a law partner with the Stokes brothers and a past president of the National Bar Association.... The late congressman Louis Stokes, whose late brother Carl Stokes was a former Cleveland judge and the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, once described Judge Character on the floor of congress as a distinguished member of the judiciary and a former trial attorney who "represented a variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to welfare recipients and professional athletes." .... Character's daughter, Dea Character, told Clevelandurbannews.com that her father was "a great man and an unimaginable role model".... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
Retired Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Carl J. Character, a past president of the National Bar Association, and his wife of many years, Dee Ann Character. Judge Character, of Shaker Heights, passed away Aug. 24 at Veterans Hospital following a longtime battle with Lou Gehrig's disease Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JUDGE CARL J. CHARACTER