TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Dec 23, 2015

Former Knox County judge Richard Ray Ford died in Dandridge on Dec. 20. He was 93. Ford graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and practiced for 20 years before his election as judge for Division II of Knox County Criminal Court, where he served from 1970-1982. Visitation will be Dec. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel in Knoxville. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Read his obituary in the News Sentinel.