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Services Friday, Saturday for Cookeville Attorney Dean Moore

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 17, 2019
News Type: Passages
Long time Cookeville attorney, L. Dean Moore, died on Jan. 13 at 77. A native of Nashville, he graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law. After law school, he served as a Captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps., where he practiced law in the appellate division before the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Dean then moved to Cookeville, where he was the senior partner at Moore, Rader, Fitzpatrick and York law firm from 1968 until the time of his death. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, at Hooper, Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville, and from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at the church on Saturday. Funeral services will be held at noon at the First United Methodist Church. Interment with military honors will follow at Nash Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cookeville First United Methodist Church, 165 East Broad Street Cookeville, Tennessee 38501.

Services Friday, Saturday for Franklin Lawyer Henry Hartzog

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 17, 2019
News Type: Passages
Henry Martin "Mark" Hartzog of Franklin died Tuesday. He was 78. Hartzog was the senior member of Hartzog & Silva PLC in Franklin. He completed Marine Officers Candidate School and served in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Captain and serving in Vietnam from 1965-1966. After leaving the Marines, he attended the University of Tennessee College of Law. Upon graduation, he relocated to Franklin and joined the firm of Dave Alexander. Mark served for 17 years as legal counsel for the Williamson County Board of Realtors. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 101 Legends Club Lane in Franklin, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Radnor Lake, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, First Presbyterian Church Franklin or First Presbyterian Church Nashville.

Services for Lisa Richter Planned for Feb. 2

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 10, 2019
News Type: Passages
Services for Robertson County attorney Lisa Sherrill Richter, who passed away Dec. 19, will be held Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. at Springfield First United Methodist Church, 511 S Oak Street. There will be a reception in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Springfield First United Methodist Church's My Father’s House, 521 S Oak Street, or Springfield High School Mock Trial, 5240 Highway 76E.

Former UT Law Dean Richard Wirtz Dies at 78

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 8, 2019
News Type: Passages

Richard Wirtz, University of Tennessee professor emeritus and former College of Law dean, died Jan. 3 in Knoxville. Prior to teaching the law, Wirtz worked with the Peace Corps, clerked for Judge Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and practiced law in Seattle. He joined the College of Law in 1974 and served as dean from 1991 to 1998, during which time he helped establish both the Center for Advocacy and the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law, and oversaw the renovation of the College of Law. Following his term as dean, Wirtz was a Fulbright Scholar. He retired in 2004. A celebration of Wirtz’s life will be held with friends and family on Feb. 16. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Compassion & Choices, the Tennessee Justice Center or Alzheimer’s Tennessee.

Services Jan. 12 for Former Chattanooga Judge Samuel Payne

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 3, 2019
News Type: Passages
Former Circuit Court Judge Samuel Houston Payne died on Dec. 31 at the age of 85. A native of Chattanooga, Payne was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War, flying more than 35 combat missions before he returned home to earn his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. In 1966, he joined with Judge Clarence Shattuck to form the firm of Shattuck & Payne, where he practiced until his election in 1974 as Circuit Court Judge of Division II of the 11th Judicial District of Tennessee. He served in this position for 32 years until his retirement in 2006. Visitations are scheduled for Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. and Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. with the service following at 3 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 848 Ashland Terrace, 37415. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to CADAS, YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga, Episcopal Relief & Development, or Metropolitan Ministries (MetMin).

Greeneville Lawyer John T. Milburn Rogers Dies at 69

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 21, 2018
News Type: Passages
Greeneville attorney John T. Milburn Rogers died last night. He was 69. A 1974 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Rogers practiced in Northeast Tennessee for more than four decades. In 1996, Rogers became a founder of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution at the University of Tennessee College of Law, along with a handful of other preeminent lawyers and law firms. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution since 1996. He served as president of countless associations, including his hometown’s Greeneville Bar Association, and gave back to the community as coach of the Greeneville High mock trial team for more than 14 years. Arrangement information will be posted when available.

Robertson County Magistrate Lisa Richter Dies at 49

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 20, 2018
News Type: Passages
Robertson County lawyer and child support magistrate Lisa Richter died yesterday at the age of 49. A 1994 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Richter practiced for more than two decades in Tennessee and gave back to the community in a number of ways. A former president of the TBA Young Lawyers Division as well as the YLD Fellows, she was an active volunteer and served as a coach for the Springfield High School mock trial team in Robertson County. Further obituary information as well as arrangement details will be updated when available.

Chattanooga Lawyer Thomas Caldwell Dies at 94

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 13, 2018
News Type: Passages
Longtime Chattanooga attorney Thomas A. Caldwell died Wednesday at the age of 94. A native of the city, Caldwell was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving during World War II until his discharge in 1946. He graduated from Harvard Law in 1949, upon which he began work for the Marshall Plan in locations across the globe before settling in Washington, D.C. He returned home in 1953, and through subsequent name changes and mergers, his firm went on to become Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. A volunteer and a philanthropist, he received the Chattanooga Bar Association's Ralph Kelley Humanitarian Award in 1999. He was the first president of the Chattanooga Legal Aid Society in 1965, later being named to the Legal Aid Hall of Fame in 2011. Just this year he was named "Colonel Aide de Camp" by Gov. Bill Haslam. A celebration of his life will be announced at a later date.

Johnson City Attorney James Brading Dies at 85

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Dec 13, 2018
News Type: Passages
James E. Brading died on Nov. 28 at his home in Johnson City. He was 85. A U. S. Army veteran and a 1961 graduate of Yale Law School, Brading practiced law in Upper East Tennessee for nearly 50 years, first with Wilson, Worley & Gamble, then as a sole practitioner, and finally with Herndon, Coleman, Brading & McKee, where he spent the bulk of his career.  He served for one year as a Circuit Judge for Tennessee’s First Judicial District. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine, to which Brading donated his body for medical education.

Former Nashville Mayor, Congressman Richard Fulton Dies at 91

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Nov 29, 2018
News Type: Passages
Richard H. Fulton, the former Nashville mayor and congressman, died last night at 91, The Tennessean reports. Fulton began his service in the Tennessee State Senate in 1956 and was elected to U.S. Congress in 1962 after a memorable and contentious primary, in which the first results had to be tossed out and voted on again. An ardent supporter of civil rights, he was one of just seven Southern Democrats in the House out of 87 to vote for the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Fulton was the second mayor of Davidson County's metropolitan form of government, serving for 12 years from 1975 until 1987. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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