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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 20, 2021

Longtime Wilson County General Sessions Judge Haywood Barry will retire effective Dec. 31, after nearly five decades in courtrooms and public service, the Tennessean reports. At that time, the Wilson County Commission will elect someone to fill Barry’s seat until the 2022 election. Barry was elected General Sessions Division II judge in 2014. He had previously announced he would not seek re-election at the end of the current term. Prior to joining the bench, Barry served on the Lebanon City Council, was a substitute judge throughout Middle Tennessee and served as Wilson County General Sessions judge in Division I for 24 years. Barry also been an active member in the Tennessee General Session Judges Conference and several legal and judicial organizations.