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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 2, 2016

Lawyer, civic leader and former Lookout Mountain mayor Phil B. Whitaker died Saturday (July 30) at the age of 83. A lifelong resident of Chattanooga, Whitaker graduated from the University of the South and entered the Air Force. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1961 and practiced for more than 40 years with the firm of Witt, Gaither & Whitaker, focusing on labor law, tax and estate planning. A memorial service will be held at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 211 Franklin Rd., Lookout Mountain, on Friday at 3 p.m. The family will receive friends at the church beginning at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Baylor School or charity of choice. Chattanoogan.com has more on his life.