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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 3, 2021

Carthage attorney Jacky O. Bellar died April 12 at 83. Bellar earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1962. His first job was assistant district attorney general for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. He later served as Carthage City judge and attorney for Smith County government for more than 50 years. He was senior partner in the Bellar & Winkler Law Firm working as legal counsel for several area lending institutions at the time of his death. He also served as legal counsel for the Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (UCEM), Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. and Cincinnati Insurance Co. The family has requested memorials be given to UCEM Cares, 907 N. Main St., Carthage, TN 37030.