O’Brien Dies in Crossville
Charles O’ Brien has passed away in Crossville.
Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Charles H. O’Brien died today at age 86.
He was married to former State Senator Anna Belle Clement O’Brien. Of course, the Clement family have deep roots in Tennessee.
Political History here :Her father was Robert S. Clement was the patriarch of a Tennessee political family.
Mr. Clement, a Democrat, served as the city attorney in Dickson for 40 years. He was the father of the late Frank G. Clement, a former governor, and of State Senator Anna Belle Clement O’Brien. He was the grandfather of Bob Clement.
End of political history lesson.
O’Brien was elected to the State Court of Criminal Appeals in 1970, and he served there until then-Governor Ned McWherter named him to the state high court in 1987 retiring from the bench in 1994.
Being that Ned McWherter is from our humble abode of Hooterville and he appointed O’Brien to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1987, I thought I’d post this.
