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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 11, 2017

Longtime Knoxville lawyer Edwin Hope "E.H." Rayson Jr. died Jan. 7 at 93. Rayson served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before attending the University of Tennessee College of Law. He graduated in 1948 and formed the firm of Johnson & Rayson with a classmate. In 1949, he joined the firm Kramer, McNabb & Greenwood (which would become Kramer Rayson) and became a partner in 1950. Rayson practiced in the areas of labor and employment law, representing the United Mine Workers of America, Atomic Energy Commission contractors and Department of Energy contractors in Oak Ridge. A memorial service will be held at noon Saturday at Central Baptist Church of Oak Ridge. Family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall after the service. Contributions may be made to Legal Aid of East Tennessee. Knoxnews has more on his life.