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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 14, 2017
Knoxville lawyer Thomas Arthur Hodge died on Aug. 9. He was 77. A 1963 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Hodge practiced in U.S. and foreign intellectual property law including prosecution, licensing, patentability, validity and infringement opinions and was currently an attorney with Baker Donelson. He served as in-house patent and trademark counsel for Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, S.C. Johnson & Son, Oscar Mayer and General Foods. An interment service was held for Hodge this morning at Highland Memorial Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to Fountain City United Methodist Church, 212 Hotel Rd., or Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N Broadway, both in Knoxville.