TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Sep 21, 2022

Lloyd Senter Adams Jr. died on Sept. 10 at 96. A 1946 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, he served in the U.S. Army (Infantry) until 1950, mostly with the occupation forces in Austria. Following his Army service, he attended Vanderbilt University School of Law where he served as editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Adams practiced law in Humboldt until 1982 when he left his firm of Adams, Ryal & McLeary to join the Thomason Hendrix law firm in Memphis. He served as president of the Young Lawyers Conference of the Tennessee Bar Association in 1960-61 and was a member of the Tennessee Law Revision Commission from 1963-1967. At various times he served as a member of the Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission and the Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules of Civil Procedure. He became a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and the Tennessee Bar Foundation, and was a member of the American and Tennessee Bar Associations. A memorial service will be held Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. in the chapel at The Lodge At Shannondale. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to Church Health, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 142, Memphis, TN 38104.