TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 3, 2023

Greene County lawyer Robert H. Bailey passed away on Dec. 26. He was 95. Bailey graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1955 and following admission to the bar became legal counsel with U.S.F. & Company at the Bennett-Edwards Insurance Agency in Kingsport. He later entered private practice in Kingsport before opening a law office in his home community of Baileyton, where he handled selective legal matters, also managing real estate properties and devoting considerable time to various organizations and charities. Bailey was heavily involved in local civic organizations and in 1962 was elected as president of the Tusculum College Alumni Association, where he was later honored with an Honorary Doctor of Laws, the Distinguished Service Award and was made a Life Trustee of the college. A memorial service will be held on Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. EST at First Church of God in Greeneville.