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Chattanooga Attorney Dies From Motorcycle Accident Injuries

Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 18, 2018
News Type: Passages

Chattanooga attorney Mike Caputo has died from the lingering effects of a motorcycle accident, Chattanoogan.com reports. He was 72. Caputo was struck by a vehicle about two months ago and suffered a number of injuries. Services will be at 12 p.m. on Monday in the Heritage Funeral Home chapel, with Minister Denny Howell officiating. Interment will follow in the Chattanooga National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 East Brainerd Road.

Funeral Service Thursday for Kingsport Attorney Jack Raulston

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 14, 2018
News Type: Passages
Kingsport lawyer Jackson C. “Jack” Raulston died on May 8. He was 91. A U.S. Navy veteran, Raulston graduated Vanderbilt Law School in 1952 after serving during World War II. He started his practice in Kingsport shortly afterwards and continued until his retirement in 2006. In 1961, Raulston became the youngest trial judge in Tennessee when he was appointed Judge Chancellor of the new Law and Chancery Court of Sullivan County. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. CST on Wednesday at Rogers Funeral Home, 400 Laurel Ave, South Pittsburg. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday morning. In lieu of flowers, Raulston requested memorial contributions be made to Second Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, the Human Rights Campaign, or the National AIDS Memorial Grove.

Services Thursday for Knoxville Lawyer Rocky McClamroch

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2018
News Type: Passages
Knoxville lawyer William “Rocky” McClamroch III died on May 5. He was 57. A 1987 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, he was a partner at Egerton, McAfee, Armistead and Davis PC. for his entire legal career. McClamroch played a key role on the committee that drafted Tennessee’s first Limited Liability Company Act in the late 1980s, served as an adjunct professor at the UT College of Law and was also a licensed CPA. The funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church in Knoxville at noon on Thursday, with a receiving of friends to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation or to the Neighbor to Neighbor Disaster Relief fund of East Tennessee Foundation.

Services Wednesday for Cleveland Attorney Carl Petty

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2018
News Type: Passages

Cleveland attorney Carl F. Petty died on May 5. He was 58. A native of Georgia, Petty graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991. He practiced law in the Cleveland area until the time of his death, serving as Assistant District Attorney General in the 10th Judicial District from 1996 to 2001. Services will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Fike-Randolph and Son Funeral Home, with interment on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Westover Memorial Park in Augusta, Georgia, adjoining the Augusta National Golf Club. His family will receive friends from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service. The family requests that memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Services Saturday for Jackson Attorney Kristi Rezabek

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 7, 2018
News Type: Passages

Services have been set for Kristi Rezabek, staff attorney for the Tennessee Court of Appeals who died on May 3. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will be receiving friends from 10 until 11 a.m. prior to the service at the church. The family is requesting donations be directed to Lambuth Memorial United Methodist Church, 160 Campbell Street, Jackson, TN 38301.

Jackson Attorney Rezabek Dies at 57

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 4, 2018
News Type: Passages
Kristi Robbins Rezabek, staff attorney for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, died on May 3. She was 57. Rezabek worked for the Court of Appeals since 2006 and was based in the Jackson Supreme Court Building. She had previously worked as regional general counsel and senior staff attorney for the State of Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. She is the past president of the Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women, serving in 2012-2013, and the Howell Edmunds Jackson chapter of the American Inns of Court, serving in 2017. A native of Martin, Rezabek was a 1993 graduate of The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where she served on law review and earned American Jurisprudence Awards in Property, Legal Methods, Evidence, and Domestic Law. Information on arrangements will be posted as available.

Daily Herald Publisher, Senior Counselor, Dies at 91

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 4, 2018
News Type: Passages
Sam Delk Kennedy, publisher of The Columbia Daily Herald and former judge, died on Tuesday. He was 91. A native of Maury County, Kennedy served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army before attending Cumberland School of Law in Lebanon. After graduation he entered private practice in Columbia, and he later served as general sessions judge and district attorney for the 14th Judicial District. In 1965, he became the publisher of The Daily Herald, a role he held until 1983. Services are being held today at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, with a celebration of life following at Greenway Farm, 1149 Mapleash Ave. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Columbia State Community College, First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, the James K. Polk Home or the Maury Regional Health Care Foundation.

Services Set for Former TBA President John Waters

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 17, 2018
News Type: Passages

Arrangements have been set for Sevier County attorney and former TBA President John Waters, who passed on April 14. Friends may call at their convenience on Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Atchley's Funeral Home, 118 East Main Street. A receiving of friends will take place on Saturday from noon to 1:45 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Sevierville, 317 Parkway, with a memorial service following at 2 p.m.

Services Saturday for Former Chief Justice Frank F. Drowota III

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 16, 2018
News Type: Passages
Former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank F. Drowota III, a legendary figure in the Tennessee legal community, died on Sunday. He was 79. Born in Kentucky and raised in Nashville, Drowota’s early adult life was spent as a member of the U.S. Navy before he returned home to attend Vanderbilt Law School. He worked in the firm of Goodpasutre, Carpenter, Woods and Sasser until 1970, when at just 31 years of age, he was appointed to the Chancery Court of Davidson County. He was later appointed to the state Court of Appeals before being elected to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1980. He is currently the second-longest serving justice in state history. (Read more on his career in this Tennessee Bar Journal article from 2005.) For his remarkable career and his innumerable contributions to the legal profession in Tennessee, the TBA created the “Justice Frank F. Drowota Outstanding Judicial Service Award” in 2006. It is given each year to a judge who demonstrates “extraordinary devotion and dedication to the improvement of the law, the legal system and the administration of justice,” just as Drowota did. Services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Woodmont Christian Church, 3601 Hillsboro Pike, with visitation starting at 12:30 p.m.

Former TBA President John Waters Dead at 88

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 16, 2018
News Type: Passages
John Waters, a Sevier County attorney and former TBA President, has died at 88, Knoxnews reports. Waters had a storied career following his graduation from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1961. He was a partner with Hailey, Waters, Sykes and Sharp until 1984, when President Ronald Reagan tapped him to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors. In 1992, he expanded on that service when President George H.W. Bush named him chairman of the TVA board. Waters was also a prominent Republican figure, serving as chairman of Sen. Howard Baker’s 1964 campaign and on the “ground floor” of creating the state party. He served as TBA President during the 1983-1984 bar year, and was profiled in the August 1983 Tennessee Bar Journal. Information about memorial services will be posted when available.
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