T. ROBERT ACKLEN, 63, widely known attorney, Baptist leader and a former state legislator, died early at St. Joseph Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Acklen received his law degree at University of Memphis Law School. He served two years in the Tennessee House and three years in Tennessee Senate and was Senate floor leader for Governor Clement in 1955. He was past president of both the Tennessee and Shelby County Baptist Brotherhood Associations and was superintendent of the adult Sunday School department and a deacon and vice-chairman of the building committee of McLean Baptist Church. He was a charter member and first president of Memphis Junior Chamber of Commerce. He had served as special judge in Sessions and City Courts.
Mr. Acklen was a lifelong resident of Memphis and recalled that, as a carrier for the old Memphis Press, a parent paper of THE PRESS-SCIMITAR, he earned his high school spending money and saved enough for a year at Union University. He also attended West Tennessee Teachers College, now Memphis State University, and is a past president of Memphis State University Alumni Association. He was a past president of the Jackson Boulevard Civic Club and had served on the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Exchange Club and a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was active in Shelby County Bar Association. He lived at 884 North McLean.
Mr. Acklen leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth Barton, and two children, Dr. Thomas R. Acklen of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and Mrs. Broadus N. Sharpe of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Monte B. Carpenter of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Mrs. Charles S. Barr of Shreveport, Louisiana, and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at McLean Baptist Church, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Home is in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Mar. 15, 1965, page 6
Mr. Acklen was a lifelong resident of Memphis and recalled that, as a carrier for the old Memphis Press, a parent paper of THE PRESS-SCIMITAR, he earned his high school spending money and saved enough for a year at Union University. He also attended West Tennessee Teachers College, now Memphis State University, and is a past president of Memphis State University Alumni Association. He was a past president of the Jackson Boulevard Civic Club and had served on the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Exchange Club and a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was active in Shelby County Bar Association. He lived at 884 North McLean.
Mr. Acklen leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth Barton, and two children, Dr. Thomas R. Acklen of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and Mrs. Broadus N. Sharpe of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Monte B. Carpenter of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Mrs. Charles S. Barr of Shreveport, Louisiana, and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at McLean Baptist Church, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Home is in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Mar. 15, 1965, page 6
T. ROBERT ACKLEN, 63, widely known attorney, Baptist leader and a former state legislator, died early at St. Joseph Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Acklen received his law degree at University of Memphis Law School. He served two years in the Tennessee House and three years in Tennessee Senate and was Senate floor leader for Governor Clement in 1955. He was past president of both the Tennessee and Shelby County Baptist Brotherhood Associations and was superintendent of the adult Sunday School department and a deacon and vice-chairman of the building committee of McLean Baptist Church. He was a charter member and first president of Memphis Junior Chamber of Commerce. He had served as special judge in Sessions and City Courts.
Mr. Acklen was a lifelong resident of Memphis and recalled that, as a carrier for the old Memphis Press, a parent paper of THE PRESS-SCIMITAR, he earned his high school spending money and saved enough for a year at Union University. He also attended West Tennessee Teachers College, now Memphis State University, and is a past president of Memphis State University Alumni Association. He was a past president of the Jackson Boulevard Civic Club and had served on the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Exchange Club and a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was active in Shelby County Bar Association. He lived at 884 North McLean.
Mr. Acklen leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth Barton, and two children, Dr. Thomas R. Acklen of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and Mrs. Broadus N. Sharpe of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Monte B. Carpenter of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Mrs. Charles S. Barr of Shreveport, Louisiana, and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at McLean Baptist Church, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Home is in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Mar. 15, 1965, page 6
Mr. Acklen was a lifelong resident of Memphis and recalled that, as a carrier for the old Memphis Press, a parent paper of THE PRESS-SCIMITAR, he earned his high school spending money and saved enough for a year at Union University. He also attended West Tennessee Teachers College, now Memphis State University, and is a past president of Memphis State University Alumni Association. He was a past president of the Jackson Boulevard Civic Club and had served on the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Exchange Club and a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was active in Shelby County Bar Association. He lived at 884 North McLean.
Mr. Acklen leaves his widow, the former Elizabeth Barton, and two children, Dr. Thomas R. Acklen of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and Mrs. Broadus N. Sharpe of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Monte B. Carpenter of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Mrs. Charles S. Barr of Shreveport, Louisiana, and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at McLean Baptist Church, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Home is in charge. ~~~ THE MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR, Memphis, TN, Mar. 15, 1965, page 6
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