TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 28, 2020

The Chattanooga Bar Association recognized two individuals with the 2020 Liberty Bell Award at its virtual Law Day celebration on Aug. 18. The first award was presented to JoAnne Humphries Favors, a former legislator, nurse and community servant. In addition to being the first African American female elected to the Hamilton County Commission, Favors served seven terms as a state representative. The second award went to retired U.S. Army Gen. B.B. Bell, who served in the armed forces for 39 years. In Chattanooga, Bell has served on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Alumni Board of Directors and with the Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center. The Hamilton County Herald has more about the association's Law Day celebration, which was broadcast live from multiple locations in Chattanooga and Nashville and incorporated tributes to the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.