After facing a battle with cancer, Franklin Rep. Charles Sargent died on Tuesday, The Tennessean reports. He was 73. The Franklin Republican was one of the senior members of the Tennessee General Assembly, where he headed up the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee to create the state's budgets for the last eight years. He's served in the legislature since 1996. Last October, Sargent announced he would retire from the legislature after 2018 to deal with his mounting health issues. Visitation will be at Williamson Memorial on Nov. 17 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. His funeral will take place on Nov. 18 at First Presbyterian Church on Franklin Road in Franklin. Services will start at 2 p.m.

Kingsport attorney John D. Parker, Jr. died Nov. 7 following a brief illness. He was 67. John graduated from East Tennessee State University with a psychology degree and later received his law degree from Nashville School of Law. He was a member of the Tennessee and Kingsport Bar Associations and served as a Magistrate in Sullivan County. John practiced law in Kingsport for 34 years. The family will receive friends from 3 to 6 p.m. on tonight (Nov. 12) at First Broad Street United Methodist Church. The funeral service will follow at 6 p.m. The graveside service will be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at East Lawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, 871 N. Weisgarber Rd., Knoxville, TN 37909, or to First Broad Street United Methodist Church, 100 E. Church Circle, Kingsport, TN 37660.

A celebration of life for Columbia attorney Claudia Jack has been set for Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Columbia. The family will have a private service and burial later in the week. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Peters Episcopal Church in Columbia, 311 West Seventh Street, Columbia, TN 38401 or St John’s Churchyard in Ashwood, 1116 West Seventh Street, PMB75, Columbia, TN 38401. The longtime public defender for Tennessee’s 22nd Judicial District died Friday morning in Nashville. Prior to her election to the public defender post in 1998, Jack clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William J. Harbison and served as an assistant district attorney. She then joined her husband, Billy C. Jack, in the Jack and Jack law firm. Read more about her life and career from Oakes and Nichols Funeral Directors.

Claudia Jack, the longtime Public Defender for Tennessee’s 22nd Judicial District, died this morning in Nashville. A Vanderbilt Law School graduate, Jack was a past member of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Board of Governors and was currently representing the 22nd Judicial District in the TBA House of Delegates. Watch TBA Today for information on funeral services when they become available.

Memphis attorney Marvin Ballin, founder of criminal defense law firm Ballin, Ballin & Fishman, died today, News Channel 3 reports. He was 87. Ballin was a former South Memphis shopkeeper who switched to practicing law in the 1960s. His son, Leslie Ballin, joined him in the practice after graduating from Memphis State in 1977. Services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Baron Hirsch Synagogue, 400 South Yates.