TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 6, 2021

Former Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Terry Lafferty died Friday. He was 89. Lafferty served as criminal court judge from 1977 until his retirement in 1997, when he moved to become a senior judge. After earning his law degree from the Southern University Law Center, Lafferty worked in the district attorney’s office from 1963 until 1977. Lafferty’s family will receive friends this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. CDT at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Parkway, Bartlett 38133. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. CDT tomorrow at The Church of the Nativity, 5955 St. Elmo, Bartlett 38135. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Wounded Warrior Project. Read more on funeral services from the Administrative Office of the Courts.