Funeral services will be held Wednesday for William H. Crawford, Jr., a founding partner in the Nashville firm of Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford. The Vanderbilt University Law School graduate was 74. Visitation will be held at 9:30 a.m. at St. Henry Catholic Church, with services to follow at 11 a.m.

Robert Marshall Bailey, who previously practiced with his firm of Bailey, Roberts & Bailey, died Monday (Jan. 4). The Knoxville attorney retired from the practice of law in 2013. According to the Knoxville Bar Association, the family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5 - 7 p.m. at Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel in Knoxville. A service will follow at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bailey’s honor to the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity for Knoxville Bar Association 2016 Build, PO Box 27478, Knoxville, TN 37927, or Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee.

Retired Nashville attorney John Hollins Sr. died Thursday night. He was 83. Hollins co-founded Hollins Raybin & Weissman in 1976; he retired in 2011. He is best remembered for his pro bono representation of Jeffrey Womack, who was wrongfully accused in the 1975 murder of a 9-year-old girl. "(Hollins) was absolutely a fierce advocate and just a consummate attorney in the old school style of trying cases,” said David Raybin, who was a law partner with Hollins. A visitation is planned for Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 4815 Franklin Pike in Nashville. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Read more from the Nashville Post. 

Judge Richard Ray Ford was remembered at his memorial service last week as "one of the hardest working Knox County Criminal Court judges in recent history." Ford died Dec. 20 at 93. Among the dignitaries speaking at his memorial were retired state Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe D. Duncan, who practiced law with Ford in the 1950s, and Duncan's brother, John J. Duncan Sr., the longtime Knoxville mayor and congressman. Knoxnews columnist Georgiana Vines has the details.

Former Knox County judge Richard Ray Ford died in Dandridge on Dec. 20. He was 93. Ford graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and practiced for 20 years before his election as judge for Division II of Knox County Criminal Court, where he served from 1970-1982. Visitation will be Dec. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel in Knoxville. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Read his obituary in the News Sentinel.

Bartlett Judge Freeman Marr, who has been on the city’s bench since 1969, died this morning. He was 91. "Judge Marr will be missed and our hearts are with Nelda Marr and her family during this difficult time," Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald said. Funeral arrangements have not been released. Read more from The Commercial Appeal.

According to the Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association, Murfreesboro attorney John W. Price III died on Dec. 16. Price, a Johnson City native, began his law practice in Dyersburg after graduating from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. He served as a prosecutor in Dyersburg and Murfreesboro before becoming a partner at the Murfreesboro firm of Price and Tidwell. “John was a lawyer dedicated to helping others, often taking little or no fee,” Rutherford County General Sessions Judge Barry Tidwell said. “I knew him as a tough prosecutor and later, as his law partner, a fierce defender of his clients’ rights.”

Retired Knoxville attorney Steven Boyd Johnson, who was a partner for many years at Butler, Vines and Babb, died on Dec. 14, the Knoxville Bar Association reports. Boyd was admitted to the bar in 1980 after receiving his law degree from Memphis State University. A receiving of friends is planned for Dec. 18 at 10 a.m., at Berry Highland Memorial, 5315 Kingston Pike in Knoxville.

Murfreesboro attorney Joe Brandon Jr. died unexpectedly Thursday night from a heart attack, according to the Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association (RCCBA). Brandon, a criminal defense lawyer, was one of the attorneys who represented plaintiffs in a case seeking to stop construction of the Islamic Center in Murfreesboro. “Joe has been a great part of our legal community for many years and will always be remembered for the enthusiasm and zealousness he brought to the practice of law,” the RCCBA said in an e-mail to members. Read more from the Daily News Journal. 

Knoxville attorney D'Artagnan Perry died on Nov. 23 after a long battle with cancer. Perry graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and has been licensed in the state since 1994. A service is planned for Friday at 1:30 p.m. for family and friends at East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery on John Sevier Highway. Military honors will be presented by the East Tennessee Veteran Honor Guard to honor Perry’s 27 years with the National Guard and his service as a U.S. Marine Corp.