TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 1, 2014

Retired Bradley County General Sessions Court Judge Andrew Franklin Bennett Jr. died last Thursday (Nov. 27) after a lengthy battle with multiple sclerosis, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. He was 77. A native and longtime resident of Cleveland, Bennett served nine years in the U.S. Army before earning his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1973. After law school, he worked as an attorney in Knox and Bradley counties. Bennett was elected to the bench in 1981 and served in that capacity for 24 years, retiring in 2006. The family will receive friends tomorrow (Dec. 2) from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, 1275 Stuart Rd. On Wednesday, Judge Bennett will lie in state from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church, followed by a remembrance of life service at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens with full military honors. The North Ocoee Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.