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Posted by: Barry Kolar on Oct 15, 2019

A memorial service will be held Friday for Knoxville lawyer Lewis Russell Hagood, who died Friday. He was 89. Hagood graduated first in his class from the University of Tennessee College of Law and subsequently practiced for over 50 years, specializing in labor and employment law. He was a senior partner at his firm, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, and was a member of the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners from 1994-2001, serving as president in 2002. The family will receive friends from 4 -6 p.m. on Friday at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, 6200 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, immediately followed by a 6 p.m. memorial service. The family requests memorial donations be sent to: The Salvation Army, 409 Broadway, P.O. Box 669 Knoxville TN 37901-0669 or UT Foundation: Lewis Hagood Endowment: c/o Ryan Young, UT College of Law, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. Suite 248, Knoxville, TN 37996.