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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 24, 2018
Attorney Thomas R. Prewitt, Sr. died on July 18 at the age of 95. A native of Bolivar, Prewitt flew 50 bomber missions over Germany, Austria, Hungary and Poland as a navigator with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1947, and in 1950 he became a partner in the Memphis firm of Armstrong Allen Prewitt Gentry Johnston & Holmes, where he practiced until 2006. He is a former president of the Memphis Bar Association and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American and Tennessee Bar Foundations. His father, Alan Prewitt, served as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Memphis Area Legal Services or a charity of the donor's choice.