Loniel Greene Jr., an Iraq War veteran and former Metro Nashville councilman, died Wednesday after being hospitalized last week, the Tennessean reports. Greene was elected District 1 councilman in 2015 and served less than five months before resigning in January 2016 amid legal issues. His family said he suffered a cardiac arrest on July 8. Additional details of his death have not been released. Greene was 37.

Tennessee state Rep. Ron Lollar (R-Bartlett) died early this morning, NewsChannel 5 reports. He was 69. Lollar was first elected to represent part of Shelby County in the House in 2006. Lollar was a Vietnam veteran, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 until 1971. House Speaker Beth Harwell said Lollar served with tireless advocacy for Tennessee students and agricultural issues. "For more than a decade, he served the 99th district with deep dedication and was a strong voice in the TN General Assembly. His presence will be missed in the Capitol and across the state," said Gov. Bill Haslam.

Longtime Kingsport attorney Dorman L. Stout Sr. died Tuesday at the age of 83. Stout was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, and after graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Law he began his legal career in Kingsport in 1959. After many years of practicing law with the firm of Wilson, Worley, Moore, Gamble and Stout, the Kingsport Bar Association presented him with a “Lifetime of Service to the Legal Profession” award. Stout was also civically engaged, volunteering for community organizations and coaching local youth sports teams. A private service for interment of ashes will be held July 12 with a memorial service to follow at 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Receiving of friends will immediately follow in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in honor of Dorman to the Rebecca Stout Birch Scholarship Fund at St. Paul’s Day School, 160 E. Sevier Ave., Kingsport, TN 37660, or to the Kingsport Boys and Girls Club, 1 Positive Pl., Kingsport, TN 37660.

Harold Woodard McLeary Jr. died in Franklin on June 29 at the age of 68. Born in Humboldt, McLeary graduated the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975. During his 40-year law career, McLeary represented families and businesses along with physicians, hospital chains and the Illinois Central Railroad. He was active in Rotary Club, and served on the board of directors for Merchant State Bank and Union Planters Bank. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at First United Methodist Church of Humboldt. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to First United Methodist Church, 200 North 12th Ave., Humboldt, TN 38343 or the Humboldt Public Library Foundation, 115 South 16th Ave., Humboldt, TN 38343.

Knoxville attorney David Dickason Creekmore died on July 2. He was 75. Creekmore graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and held two degrees from the Judge Advocate Generals Law School. He graduated from the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School and served 26 years in the Active Reserves. A lifelong resident of West Knoxville, he served as General Sessions Judge in Knox County for 15 years. He then served as Town Judge for the Town of Farragut for several years. When the Cocke County General Sessions Judge was called to active duty in Iraq, he served 4 years in his stead. An accomplished writer, he was a columnist for the Knoxville Journal for 17 years. The family will receive friends at Berry Highland Memorial this evening at 6 p.m., and a graveside service tomorrow at Highland Memorial at noon. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Frank B. Creekmore Award at the UT College of Law, the Salvation Army, or a charity of your choice.

J. Steven Xanthopoulos of Fredericksburg, Virginia, died Monday at 70. A graduate of Dickinson School of Law, Xanthopoulos dedicated his legal career to Legal Services, working across the country and eventually in Jackson, Tennessee. He began with housing advocacy, did immigration and other poverty law and retired after 29 years as West Tennessee Legal Services executive director. In 2005, he received the B. Riney Green award from the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services "for his constant promotion of statewide programs to address significant client needs which have strengthened legal aid providers and improved the lives of thousands of low-income Tennesseans." Memorial contributions may be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association or to West Tennessee Legal Services.