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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 21, 2021

Former Grundy County General Sessions and Juvenile Judge Ford Nelson Layne died Jan. 18. He was 71. A 1981 graduate of the Nashville School of Law, Layne established a private practice in Tracy City and served there for almost 40 years. In addition to practicing law, he also was a teacher and truancy officer and a juvenile court referee. He served as general sessions judge from 1990 to 1998 and as juvenile court judge from 1998 to 2006. Before attending law school, Layne earned a degree in education and a master of education, both from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. CST at Foster & Lay Chapel with burial immediately following at Hobbs Hill Cemetery, both in Tracy City. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.