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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 8, 2020

Memphis attorney Curtis S. Person Jr. has died at the age of 85, the Commercial Appeal reports. Person served as a state representative for Shelby County from 1966 to 1968, before switching from the Democratic to Republican party and winning a state senate seat in 1968. He stayed in the senate until 2006 — the longest uninterrupted term in the Tennessee legislature. During his tenure, Person served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 20 years and authored the Tennessee law mandating jail time for drunken drivers. He was elected as Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge after leaving the legislature and served in that position until 2014. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT at the Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38119. Funeral services will follow in the same location from 1 to 2 p.m. CDT. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Judge Curtis S. Person Jr. to the Memphis Humane Society.