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Memorial Service Pending for Former TBA President

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 18, 2020
News Type: Passages

Former TBA President and Hohenwald attorney William Landis Turner died yesterday following a brief illness. He was 79. From 1967 until his retirement in 2007, Turner practiced law with the Hohenwald firm founded by William C. Keaton. For 40 years, he also was city attorney for Hohenwald and county attorney for Lewis County. He also served as the attorney for South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority, the city of Lobelville and Lewis County School System. He held many positions with the TBA, including speaker of the House of Delegates and president in 1988-1989. In 2019, he was interviewed for the “Spark” article published in the January issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal. Turner earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. A private burial is planned with a memorial service to be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to the University of the South at Sewanee or St. Peter’s Church in Columbia.

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