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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 13, 2015

Knoxville lawyer and former two-term mayor Kyle Copenhaver Testerman died Saturday (April 11). He was 80. A graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Testerman served on the Knoxville City Council from 1969-1971; became Knoxville’s youngest elected mayor at the age of 35; led construction of the City and County Building and the TVA Towers; and consolidated the city and county public school system. A celebration of life will be held at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church April 21 at 4 p.m. The family will receive friends following the service. Knoxnews has more on his life.