A local stalwart of the legal fraternity, an acute mind on parliamentary processes and principles, and a dedicated and affectionate husband, father and family man was how Ezra Ederson Alleyne was remembered before he was laid to rest on Monday.During a moving ceremony held in the chapel of the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, family members and close colleagues paid tribute to the man many saw as being integral to Barbados’ development in the legal and parliamentary spaces during the post-Independence era.While paying his respects to his legal colleague and friend for many decades, former Chief Justice Sir David Simmons stressed that though Alleyne undoubtedly possessed an astute legal mind and was always ready for a debate, it was his wit and sense of humour that made him memorable in and out of the courtroom.