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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 17, 2025

Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Ron Durby has died. Durby earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee and practiced with the Legal Aid Society and attorney Clarence Shattuck before being appointed Hamilton County clerk and master in 1986. He went on to serve 18 years as a general sessions court judge. Services were held on Dec. 13 in Chattanooga. Burial followed at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.