Posted Jan 22, 2022
We will miss Van Pearlberg. He died Saturday. We have been a Van Pearlberg fans for many years. I was on Jury Duty and watch him in action as a Assistant DA under Buddy Darden. I remember he was a very detailed lawyer enforcing the law. I admired watching him presenting his case at the Marietta History Center of the hanging of Leo Frank concerning the rape of Mary Phagan in 1913. He researched the details in that. I only got to speak to him once, during a Marietta Homes Tour, his and his wife Pat’s house was on the tour. He was in the back yard showing off his restored antique Model T Ford to a few people. I joined in with the “Ooohs and Aahhhs!”
I remember once he buckled horns with another Marietta councilman over a tree he planted in front of his house on Church Street. Their feud was in the papers. Apparently, they made up.
I enjoyed reading of his antics through the year. He had a restless mind.
He will leave a void in Marietta.
The new owner will continue with the decorations.
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