Retired Memphis attorney Murry J. Card died on July 11 at the age of 87. Murry was a Korean war veteran and a communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. He also volunteered at the St. Vincent DePaul Food Mission. Murry was a "True Blue" Memphis Tigers fan and attended games for more than 50 years. He stated that he wanted to give recognition to Dr. Edmund Drummond, Buck Silver and Harley Davis who played special roles in his life. Funeral services were held St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on July 16 followed by burial at Forest Hill South cemetery.

Civil rights leaders U.S. Rep. John Lewis and Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian both died Friday in Atlanta. Lewis, 80, lost a six-month fight with cancer. The son of sharecroppers, he survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime U.S. congressman. Vivian, 95, also was a major force in the movement, working alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Lewis and Vivian had strong ties to Nashville, the Tennessean reports. As students at American Baptist College, they embraced nonviolent civil disobedience, leading them to organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters and participate in “Freedom Rides” to protest Southern states’ refusal to desegregate public buses. Vivian also spearheaded creation of the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference. Some observers say the men refined their protest approach in Nashville before taking it to the south and beyond. Lewis went on to study at Fisk University, was the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and served for three decades as representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. His work also inspired civil rights leaders in Memphis, including the Rev. James Netters, who led protests in Memphis after attending and seeing Lewis at the March on Washington, the Commercial Appeal reports. In the late 1970s, Vivian founded an anti-racism organization that focused on monitoring the Ku Klux Klan and in 2008, created the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute to encourage emerging grass-roots leaders, the Memphis Business Journal reports. CNN has more on both men.

Susan “Sue” Reeves Gregory of Memphis died on June 14 at 82. Gregory earned her law degree from the University of Memphis Law School and practiced law for over 40 years, most recently at Gregory & Gregory PC. Gregory was a past president of the Memphis Bar Foundation, an avid runner and served two terms as president of the Girl Scouts Tenn-Ark-Miss Council. Memorials can be sent to St. George’s Episcopal Church in Germantown or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Elizabeth “Betty” Bingham Marney died on May 26 at 79. Born in Bristol in 1940, Bingham Marney attended the University of North Carolina for her undergraduate and master’s degrees and earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. She taught at Harpeth Hall School from 1975-1985 before attending law school at Vanderbilt University and earning her law degree at the age of 48. She began her law career at King & Ballow before becoming in-house counsel at the Nashville Banner newspaper and finally joining the Criminal Appellate Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s office, where she worked until retirement in 2008. A small funeral was held late last month and the family hopes to host a celebration of Bingham Marney’s life this summer. Memorial gifts may be made to the Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic online or by mail, P.O. Box 112, Beersheba Springs, TN, 37305.

John “Jack” Scott Ballman died June 8 at the age of 93. He was a native of Chicago, but moved to Chattanooga in 1953. Ballman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Michigan, graduating with a bachelor and master degree in accounting. He became a certified public accountant and worked in that field for 11 years. In 1959, he obtained a law degree from the McKenzie College of Law in Chattanooga. In 1962, he was named treasurer and chief financial officer of Jorges Carpet Mills. In 1977, he started his own carpeting business, which he sold in 1999 when he retired. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, World Mission Fund or Bible in the Schools.

Judge David Wilson Norton of Hixson died May 21 at 73. Norton earned his law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law before serving as assistant Hamilton County attorney from 1983- 2012, city judge of Soddy Daisy from 1984-2012 and later as a Hamilton County General Sessions Court judge. He also served as one of three commissioners for the Hixson Utility District and as chairman of the Utility Management Review Board for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. His family requests memorial donations be made to Adult & Teen Challenge Midsouth. Services will be announced at a later date, but condolences and memories can be shared online.

Jordan Scott Bray, formerly of Elizabethton, died May 13 in Virginia. He was 34. Bray earned his law degree from the Liberty University School of Law in 2013. A member of the Tennessee bar, he was working as magistrate in Virginia's 21st Judicial District at the time of his passing. Visitation was held today. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. EDT at Trinity Memorial Centers Funeral Home, 1221 Stewball Circle, Kingsport, TN 37660. A private burial will follow with immediate family only.

Samuel Tipton Jones II who practiced law in Chattanooga for more than four decades, died Friday at his home. He was 72. After fighting – and beating – cancer several years ago, the disease recently reemerged. As a young man, Jones was an officer in the U.S. Army. After attending law school at the University of Tennessee and passing the bar exam, he displayed his “convention-defying nature” by leaving for a lengthy skiing hiatus and work as a casino dealer in Lake Tahoe. Jones later returned to Chattanooga to establish a law practice, specializing in medical malpractice. A celebration of life will be held at a date to be announced. Memorial gifts may be given to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 North Moore Rd., Chattanooga 37411 or to the YMCA of Chattanooga, 301 West 6th St., Chattanooga 37402.

Lebanon attorney Henry Douglas Hall died Jan. 16 at the age of 73. A graduate of Tennessee Tech, Hall served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1972. He then attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he earned his law degree. He was licensed to practice law in Tennessee in 1975 and served as assistant district attorney for 20 years before retiring in 2002. He also served in the Air National Guard for 18 years.

Chattanooga native and former Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman S. David Freeman has died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 94. Freeman worked for the TVA from 1948 to 1961, during which time he earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Former President Jimmy Carter appointed Freeman to the TVA board in 1977 and he served as chair from 1978 until 1981. He was a champion of renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation policies and advised Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Carter and the Senate Commerce Committee on energy policy. After retiring from full-time work at the age of 85, Freeman co-authored a book called "All-Electric America" that is said to make the case that an all-electric, all-renewable society by 2050 is both necessary and achievable. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel.