TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 29, 2021

Nashville lawyer David Young Parker Sr. passed away on Jan. 23 after contracting the COVID-19 virus. He was 79. After earning his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 1966, Parker practiced law for 53 years, working for Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, the State of Tennessee and GENESCO before entering private practice in 1975. Parker was also an adjunct professor at David Lipscomb College and served as a judge in Vanderbilt's Moot Court. He sat on the board of directors for the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society and was chairman emeritus of the Historical Committee and the Memorial Service Committee of the Nashville Bar Association. Donations in his memory can be made to the Second Harvest Food Bank or the Nashville Inner City Ministry. A private memorial service will be held for the family and a celebration of life will be held for the public in the future.