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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 19, 2025

A memorial service honoring retired Nashville General Sessions Judge William Higgins will take place this Thursday at 1 p.m. CDT in Courtroom 3B of the Justice A.A. Birch Building, 408 2nd Ave. N., Nashville 37201. Higgins died Aug. 11 at the age of 86. After earning his law degree from the Nashville School of Law, he went on to serve on the Metro Nashville Council for three terms and practiced law for 13 years before running for the Davidson County General Sessions Court in 1980. He won that race and subsequently was elected to five terms. He was named presiding judge of the court in 2013 and retired in 2022 to return to practicing law. View an invitation for the event.