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Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Aug 30, 2021

Memphis lawyer Jerry Edward Mitchell, who would have turned 79 today, died Aug. 26. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University, worked in the office of Sen. Albert Gore Sr., served the JAG Corps as a lieutenant in Vietnam, received an honorable discharge and returned to Memphis in 1971 to practice law. He then joined with John Thomason, Frank Crawford, Roy Hendrix, Al Harvey and Kim Johnson to begin the law firm known today as Lewis Thomason.  Following private burial, a memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 3 at Hope Church, 8500 Walnut Grove Road, Cordova, TN. The service will also be livestreamed. For details about this or a forthcoming secular celebration, email the family at jerryemitchellfamily@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to Autism Speaks, The Arc Mid-South, the University of Memphis or Germantown Performing Arts Center.