TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 15, 2018
Former Hamilton County Judge and attorney R. Vann Owens died on Tuesday. He was 86. Owens, a Chattanooga native, originally showed an interest in engineering over the law, graduating from Auburn University and serving in the U.S. Navy. He went on to work at NASA as a tunnel test engineer in Huntsville, Alabama, before deciding to enter law school. Owens first became Chancellor in 1984, and was elected to an eight-year term in 1990. He served as president of the Tennessee Trial Judges and president of Tennessee Trial Conference, during which time he held a position on the TBA Board of Governors. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Chapel. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church with visitation one hour prior to the service.