TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 18, 2017
Knoxville lawyer William “Bill” Davis Sr. died on Sunday. He was 95. Davis was a World War II veteran and University of Tennessee College of Law graduate. In 1946, he joined the firm that would eventually bear his name, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead and Davis, where he practiced corporate and business law, taxation, and estate planning, and served as the firm's president from 1970 to 1990. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, with the family receiving friends following the service in Barron Hall. Memorials may be made to Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave., Knoxville, or Philadelphians Prison Ministries, 4531 Old Broadway, Knoxville.