Ronald "Ron" Wilford Kilgore of Charlotte died June 3 at the age of 79. Born in San Benito, Texas, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1959 and later served as a Naval Advisor in Vietnam. He earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1971 and was admitted to practice later that year. He then returned to active duty in the Navy and was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, in the Judge Advocates Corp. Upon returning to Nashville he entered the law firm of Parker, Nichol, and Finley. Kilgore was also assistant to the District Attorney in Nashville from 1969 to 1971, served as City Attorney for Charlotte from 1979 to 1987 and was counsel for the Harpeth Utility District in Charlotte from 1978 to 1999. Memorials may be made to the Charlotte Lions Club Sight Conservation Project.

Tom Jensen, a community leader and a Republican who served in the state House of Representatives as House Minority Leader, died today, Knoxnews reports. He was 83. Jenson served in the legislature from 1966 to 1978, after which he ran for the East Tennessee seat on the then-Public Service Commission. He also was a former president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a group representing the nation’s 8,000 state lawmakers. Jenson became a member and chair of the board of commissioners of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, where he helped McGhee Tyson Airport become a testing site for prototype devices for safety and security. Eventually the National Safe Skies Alliance, a consortium of organizations involved in the aviation security industry, was born, and Jenson remained there until his retirement in 2012.

Knoxville lawyer Paul Edward Dunn died on July 21. He was 87. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Dunn graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1961. Dunn practiced law in Knoxville for over forty years. He began practicing with renowned criminal defense lawyer Ray H. Jenkins, and remained with the firm Jenkins and Jenkins until 1995, when he became a founding member of the firm Dunn, MacDonald and Coleman. He was named a Senior Counselor by the Tennessee Bar Association, and an honorary member of the Winfield Dunn cabinet. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Jude's Research Hospital or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Dunn family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at West Hills Presbyterian Church, 7600 Bennington Drive, with a funeral service to follow.