Richard Reynolds Florance, 73, a member of an old Richmond family and long widely known here as a member of the bar, died unexpectedly August 19, 1945, of a heart attack at Walkerton.
Mr. Florance was born in this city [Richmond, VA] July 13, 1871, a son of the late William Edward and Mary Gardner Florance. He was grandson of James H. Gardner, a leading citizen of Richmond who was well known in the city’s business and church interests. Mr. Gardner was a member and senior warden of Monumental Episcopal Church for many years.
As a boy, Mr. Florance was a pupil at the local schools and he graduated in law at old Richmond College.
In the earlier years of his professional career he was associated in the practice of law with the late George Haw. Later, he formed a law partnership with his two sons, the firm being known as Florance and Florance.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Juliet Walker Florance; two daughters, Mrs. Temple W. Broaddus and Miss Juliet Harrison Florance; two sons, Richard Reynolds Florance, Jr., and William Walker Florance; also by one brother, James Gardner Florance; one sister, Mrs. Mary Florance Graham of New York, and by five grandchildren.