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Philip DeBusk Services Set for Next Week

Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Sep 12, 2017
News Type: Passages

Nashville lawyer Philip Marshall DeBusk Sr. died Sept. 4, following a brief illness. He was 74. A 1976 graduate of the Nashville School of Law, he was retired as a legislative liaison for the Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee. Survivors include his wife, Nashville lawyer Barbara E. Futter. Interment, attended by family, will be at 10 a.m., Sept. 19 at the Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation, beginning at 1 p.m., will precede a 2 p.m. memorial service at Westminster Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the PENCIL Foundation at www.pencilforschools.org.

Services Tomorrow for Former TBA Executive Director Bethel

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 11, 2017
News Type: Passages
Former TBA Executive Director Billie Roberta Bethel died Saturday. She was 85. A native of Missouri, Bethel earned her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1957. She practiced in Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee before joining the TBA. She managed the organization for 18 years, until she moved to Gatlinburg in 1982. Following the move, she practiced law alongside her husband, Frank Newman Bratton. Services for Bethel will be held tomorrow, with visitation at 3 p.m. and funeral services following at 4 p.m., at the Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville.

Services Tomorrow for Memphis Lawyer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 23, 2017
News Type: Passages
Memphis attorney Joe Kirsch died yesterday. He was 73. Kirsch was a 1972 graduate of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law who practiced as a bankruptcy attorney. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Temple Israel Cemetery, 1708 Hernando Road in Memphis. Shiva will be observed at the Kirsch home, 1872 Hunter Hill Drive, on Thursday from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Friday 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Monday and Tuesday 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Services for Memphis Lawyer Tomorrow, Wednesday

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 21, 2017
News Type: Passages
Memphis attorney Charles Wesley Fowler died Saturday. He was 46. Fowler, a 1997 graduate of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, was the founder of the Fowler Firm PLLC, which focused on litigation in both state and federal courts. Prior to becoming an attorney, Fowler earned his undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Studies, and later went on to serve as an adjunct faculty member at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, where he taught Aviation Law and American Constitutional Law. Visitation services for Fowler will be held tomorrow from 5 – 7 p.m. at Lea and Simmons Funeral Home, 1280 S. Dupree Ave in Brownsville, with funeral services on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The family requests memorial donations to the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law or to Hannah's Hope Adoption Agency.

Services Sunday for Nashville Attorney, Community Leader

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 17, 2017
News Type: Passages
Services will be Sunday for Nashville lawyer Yvette Sebelist, who died Tuesday. She was 55. Sebelist graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1996, where she was president of the Law Women and staff editor for the Tennessee Law Review. She received an American Jurisprudence Award in Appellate Advocacy and the American Association of Women Lawyers Award. She worked as an immigration attorney with Sebelist Buchanan Law LLC, and served on a number of state, local and regional bar committees. She also served on numerous community nonprofit boards. Graveside services for Sebelist will be at the Temple Cemetery, 2001 15th Ave. North, at 12:30 p.m.

Services Sunday for Knoxville Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 14, 2017
News Type: Passages
Ronald Gordon “Ron” Daves of Knoxville died on Aug. 9. He was 74. Originally from North Carolina, Daves served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1962 to 1965. Prior to earning his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law, he served as an investigator for the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. He was a member of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves and Jones PLLC and practiced in labor and employment law since 1986. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Click Funeral Home, Farragut Chapel.

Services Held Today for Knoxville Lawyer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 14, 2017
News Type: Passages
Knoxville lawyer Thomas Arthur Hodge died on Aug. 9. He was 77. A 1963 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Hodge practiced in U.S. and foreign intellectual property law including prosecution, licensing, patentability, validity and infringement opinions and was currently an attorney with Baker Donelson. He served as in-house patent and trademark counsel for Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, S.C. Johnson & Son, Oscar Mayer and General Foods. An interment service was held for Hodge this morning at Highland Memorial Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to Fountain City United Methodist Church, 212 Hotel Rd., or Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N Broadway, both in Knoxville.

Services Saturday for Marshall County Lawyer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 10, 2017
News Type: Passages
Lewisburg attorney Dan. P. Whitaker died on Tuesday. He was 84. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, and graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1962. The next year, he and Shelby Haywood formed the law firm of Haywood and Whitaker in Lewisberg. He worked in the Marshall County community for 52 years, including serving as legal counsel for the Lewisburg Water and Wastewater Board for 31 years. A visitation will be held at Bills McGaugh and Hamilton Funeral Home tomorrow from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., and a memorial service will be held on Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 3255 W. Church Street in Lewisburg, beginning at 11 a.m., with an additional visitation at 10 a.m.

Nashville Senior Counselor Dies

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 10, 2017
News Type: Passages
Nashville attorney Edward Joseph Jenkins died last month on July 10. He was 87. Originally from St. Louis, Jenkins served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and received his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1954. He practiced law in Nashville with Watkins and Crownover before joining Travelers Insurance Company, where he served as claims manager for the state of Tennessee. After a brief retirement in 1993, he was hired by the Metro Nashville Legal Department as a claims manager, where he worked until 2002. He was a founding member of the Nashville Claims Managers Council and served on the board of Catholic Charities of Tennessee and the Diocese of Nashville.

Former State Sen. Albright Dies at 83

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 4, 2017
News Type: Passages
Former Republican state Sen. Ray Albright died on Monday, the Times Free Press reports. He was 83. He won a seat in the Tennessee House in 1968 on a promise to battle pollution, and was elected to the Senate in 1970. Thanks to his sponsorship of a bill that made Chattanooga State into a technical community college, a building on that campus bears his name. "You always knew [that] if Ray was committed to a bill you never had to look over your shoulder to see if he was still there. No matter how rough it got, he never flinched,” said Lt. Gov. Randy McNally.
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