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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 13, 2020

Chattanooga lawyer John Tate Rice died Nov. 9 at 72. A 1973 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, he was admitted to the bar in Tennessee and South Carolina the next year. He also was licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Rice served on the board of the Chattanooga Bar Association from 1985 to 1987 and from 2007 to 2011, and served as president of the organization in 2010. He was named a fellow of the Chattanooga Bar Foundation in 2011. Memorial donations may be made to Operation SmileChildren's Hospital at Erlanger or First Centenary United Methodist Church. No services have been announced.