TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 6, 2017
Retired pediatrician and former Tennessee legislator Gene Caldwell of Oak Ridge died Saturday. He was 84. Caldwell hailed from Obion County and graduated from the University of Tennessee. He was a member of the U.S. Navy, achieveing the rank of lieutenant commander. After retiring from his pediatric practice, he ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1996. He served three terms before retiring in 2002. In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by Gov. Bill Haslam for his work on behalf of children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton, 675 S. Charles Seivers Blvd.