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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 17, 2022

Knoxville lawyer Andrew Johnson Evans Jr. died Monday at 95. Following high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and fought overseas during World War II. He went on to earn his law degree at the University of Tennessee College of Law and launch a private practice. In 1968, he was elected to Knox County General Sessions Court, where he served through 1989. The family will receive friends at noon on Saturday at Berry Funeral Home, 3704 Chapman Highway, Knoxville 37920, with the funeral to follow at 2 p.m. EDT. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, 4500 Woodlawn Pike, Knoxville 37920.