Original posting edited by ADMIN to provide additional information
From Tom Belton
Re: Devereaux D. Cannon
Posted By: Tom Belton In Response To: Re: Devereaux D. Cannon (Jim Martin (Webmaster))
Jim, you may have already seen this by now. Regards, Tom Belton, NC Museum of History
There will be a viewing and vigil service for Devereaux at Saint John
Vianney Catholic Church Tuesday evening from 5-7:30. The vigil service
begins at 6.
The funeral will be held at 9:30 Wednesday morning, once again at SJV
Catholic Church. The internment will be at the City Cemetery. After the
burial, we will return to Rosehill for a wake.
Nora requests that instead of flowers, memorial donations be made to either
the Carter House (PO Box 555, Franklin, TN 37065) or to SJV church (449 N
Water St, Gallatin, TN 37066).
Thank you,
Joleen Cannon
From http://taxingtennessee.blogspot.com/2007/12/passing-of-devereaux-cannon.html
It is with great sadness that I must let you know that Devereaux Cannon passed away very suddenly on December 29, 2007. Devereaux was a very dear and close friend not only to me but so very many people both in an out of politics. A devoted husband and father, he will leave a great void with his passing. The family will be receiving friends on Tuesday January 1 from 5:00 to 7:30 pm at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 449 North Water Street, Gallatin, TN and the funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 9:30 a.m., also at the Church. If you would please pass this information along to all those folks you might believe would like to know of this tragic passing.
DEVEREAUX DUNLAP CANNON, JR.,
Date: Monday, 31 December 2007, at 9:05 a.m.
who was born at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee on Friday, November 5, 1954. Baptized December, 1954 by Father James Leonard Oglesby, pastor of St. Ann’s Church, Bartlett, Shelby County. He attended 1st through 8th grades at St. Ann’s School, Bartlett, and Christian Brothers High School, Memphis. Devereaux Jr. graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration on March 19, 1976. He was married to Nora Katherine Tickle (born in Memphis on June 8, 1957) on Saturday, May 8, 1976, in a ceremony held at the Madonna of Peace Grotto at Christian Brothers College, Memphis, presided over by Monsignor Merlin Francis Kearney. Devereaux Jr. attended the George C. Taylor College of Law at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; receiving his Juris Doctor degree on March 19, 1979. Devereaux Jr. and Nora have one son, Devereaux III, born on August 27, 1978, and one daughter, Nancy Katherine, called Kate, born on August 10, 1996. Upon receiving his admission to the Tennessee Bar on October 6, 1979, he entered into the private practice of law. Alternate delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention. Unsuccessful candidate for the legislature for the 15th house district in Knox County in 1982. Presidential elector for Ronald Reagan in 1984. On Monday, June 3, 1985, Devereaux Jr. moved to Nashville, Davidson County, to take a position with Ticor Title Insurance Company. On August 27, 1990, Devereaux Jr. and Nora bought their home, Rosehill, in Sumner County. On February 1, 1991 he took a position as Assistant Vice President and Associate Title Counsel with the Nashville office of Title Insurance Company of Minnesota (now Old Republic National Title Insurance Company). Unsuccessful candidate for the legislature for the 44th house district in Sumner County in 1994. He has published four books: The Flags of the Confederacy-An Illustrated History; Flags of Tennessee; and The Flags of the Union-An Illustrated History, and The Wit and Wisdom of Robert E. Lee. On Saturday, May 18, 1996 he was admitted to the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. Devereaux Jr. holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is Staff Judge Advocate General for the 2d Infantry Brigade of the Tennessee State Guard. He commanded the 201st Military Police Battalion from June 1997 to September 1999.