Chervis Isom, the author, longtime Birmingham attorney and mainstay of civic engagement, died unexpectedly while overseas Thursday. He was 84.
Don Lupo, director of the Birmingham Mayor’s Office of Citizens Assistance, lamented the loss of a friend and humble civic leader.
Even with Isom’s accomplishments, he’ll be remembered for his humility and reputation as a man who was approachable, a man who extended a hand of friendship to everyone he encountered, Lupo said. On Facebook, Birmingham writer and editor Mark Kelly recalled his 2014 interview with Isom about his memoir “The Newspaper Boy: Coming of Age in Birmingham, Alabama, During the Civil Rights Era.” The book is an unvarnished look at Birmingham through the eyes of a white child coming of age in the 1950s.Kelly said Isom’s book is a strong illustration of his character.
Isom graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in 1962, then earned his law degree at Samford’s Cumberland School of Law in 1967.
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